Spiny dogfish
The spiny dogfish is a small, well-known shark with a sharp spine in front of each of its two back fins. It lives in shallow and offshore waters in most parts of the world, especially cooler seas, and it is hunted heavily for food. Its spines are its main form of defence.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Two spines, one in front of each dorsal (back) fin.1
- No anal fin on the underside.1
- White spots along its back.1
- Greyish brown on both sexes, with countershading (darker on top, paler underneath).1
- Asymmetrical tail lobes, forming a heterocercal tail (the upper lobe is larger).1
Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Several shark species share the names dogfish, spurdog and piked dogfish. Spiny dogfish are told apart by having two spines, one in front of each dorsal fin, and no anal fin.1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Amava abukhali aphethe ityhefu. Ukusinyathela okanye ukusibamba kubuhlungu.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
Its dorsal spines secrete a mild venom. The spines are driven into an attacker when the shark arches its back.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.Senza ntoni xa soyika?
If it is caught, it arches its back to pierce its captor with the spines near its dorsal fins.1
Ukuba amava aso ayakugwaza
- Faka inxeba emanzini ashushu, ashushu kangangoko umntu angakwazi ukunyamezela ngaphandle kokutshiswa (wavavanye ngesandla sakho), imizuzu engama-30 ukuya kwengama-90. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango, ingakumbi kwii-stonefish nakwii-stingray.
Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala
Hlala ukhuselekile
- Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
- Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Ukuba amava aso ayakugwaza: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.
Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile
Phi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-1,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileni
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-5 zilandelelana
singaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-9U-Spiny dogfish mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
Dogfish sharks have one of the longest pregnancies of any organism, lasting around 18 to 24 months.1
Spiny dogfish hunt in packs that can range up into the thousands.1
In England, dogfish are sold in fish and chip shops as 'huss', and used to be sold as 'rock salmon' until that term was outlawed.1
Spiny dogfish are popular dissection specimens in high schools and universities because they are easy to get and have small, cartilaginous skulls.1
Squalus acanthias fossils from the Miocene of Denmark and the Netherlands date from about 11 million years ago.1
Males are identified by a pair of modified pelvic fins called claspers, which they use to transfer sperm to the female.1
Umqhekezi weentsomi
Intsomi: All animals called dogfish or spurdog are the same species.
Inyaniso: These common names can apply to several species. Spiny dogfish are identified by their two spines, one in front of each dorsal fin, and by having no anal fin.1
Kwiingcali zetyhefu
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Squalus acanthias
- Iqela
- Iintlanzi ezinetyhefu
- Usapho
- Squalidae2
- Ucwangco
- Squaliformes
- Amazwekazi
- uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandle lweMeditera, uLwandlekazi oluseMazantsi, uLwandlekazi lweArctic, IAntarctica, uLwandle lwaseMntla (North Sea), Iilwandlekazi
- Iintsana
- The eggs develop inside the mother and the pups are born alive, with about 5 to 6 in each litter; gestation can last from around 18 to 24 months, one of the longest of any organism.1
- Imeko yaso endle
- Vulnerable globally; Critically endangered in the Northeast Atlantic1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Spiny dogfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Squalus acanthias (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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