name: Spiny Dogfish

flavor_db_name_variants: spiny dogfish

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Spiny dogfish

id: 575

name_scientific: Squalus acanthias

description: 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.

itis_id: 160617

wikipedia_id: Spiny dogfish

picture_file_name: 589.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 31080

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:36:34.000Z

legacy_id: 616

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:50.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:27.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 7797

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00575