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

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀
- 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
A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: 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
Agbára oró
Ẹ̀gún mímú ló ń gbé oró náà. Títẹ̀ ẹ́ mọ́lẹ̀ tàbí dídì í mú máa ń dunni.
Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?
Its dorsal spines secrete a mild venom. The spines are driven into an attacker when the shark arches its back.1
Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó ń dunniÓ lè dunni gan-an, ṣùgbọ́n kì í fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ le rárá.Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?
If it is caught, it arches its back to pierce its captor with the spines near its dorsal fins.1
Bí ẹ̀gún rẹ̀ bá gún ọ
- Fi ọgbẹ́ náà sínú omi gbígbóná, tó gbóná tó bí ẹni náà ṣe lè fara dà á láìjóná (fi ọwọ́ ara rẹ dán an wò), fún ìṣẹ́jú 30 sí 90. Wá ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìṣègùn, pàápàá fún ẹja òkúta àti stingray.
Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́
Wà láìléwu
- Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
- Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
- Bí ẹ̀gún rẹ̀ bá gún ọ: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.
Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu
Níbo ní ayé?
Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?
Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?
ó gùn tó ológbò ilé 1.5 láti imú dé ìrù
ó gùn tó ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ 5 tí a tò tẹ̀léra
lè lúwẹ̀ẹ́ gígùn adágún ìwẹ̀ ńlá (50 m) ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 9Báwo ni Spiny dogfish ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?
Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.
Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?
Òtítọ́
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
Olùfọ́ àròsọ
Àròsọ: All animals called dogfish or spurdog are the same species.
Òtítọ́: 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
Fún àwọn amòye oró
- Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
- Squalus acanthias
- Ẹgbẹ́
- Ẹja olóró
- Ìdílé
- Squalidae2
- Ètò
- Squaliformes
- Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
- Òkun Àtìláńtíìkì, Òkun Pàsífíìkì, Òkun Íńdíà, Òkun Mẹditaréníà, Òkun Gúúsù, Òkun Áktíkì, Antáktíkà, Òkun Àríwá, Àwọn òkun ńlá
- Àwọn ọmọ
- 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
- Bí ó ṣe ń ṣe nínú igbó
- Vulnerable globally; Critically endangered in the Northeast Atlantic1
- Ewu fún ènìyàn
- 2 / 5: Ó ń dunni3
Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá
- Spiny dogfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Squalus acanthias (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
- Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.
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