Spiny Dogfish

Illustrated: Adult spiny dogfish; slender grey shark with scattered small white spots and pale belly, sharp spine immediately before each of two dorsal fins, no anal fin, narrow pointed snout and asymmetric tail.

Squalus acanthias

All languages

English: Spiny Dogfish
Norwegian: pigghå
Japanese: Squalus acanthias — Scientific name; Japanese name under review
Korean: Squalus acanthias — Scientific name; Korean name under review
Spanish: cazón espinoso común
French: aiguillat commun
German: Dornhai

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.

Reference sources

iNaturalist — draft common-name source
Natural-history identification source