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  1. spiny dogfishnoun

    small bottom-dwelling dogfishes

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  1. spiny dogfishnoun

    Squalus acanthias, one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes

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  1. Spiny dogfish

    The spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes order.While these common names may apply to several species, Squalus acanthias is distinguished by two spines (one anterior to each dorsal fin) and no anal fin. It lives in shallow waters and further offshore in most parts of the world, especially in temperate waters. Those in the northern Pacific Ocean were reevaluated in 2010 and found to constitute a separate species, now called the Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi).

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  1. Spiny dogfish

    The spiny dogfish, spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias, is one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes. While these common names may apply to several species, Squalus acanthias is distinguished by having two spines and lacks an anal fin. It is found mostly in shallow waters and further offshore in most parts of the world, especially in temperate waters.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spiny dogfish in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spiny dogfish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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