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 yokusibona
- 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
Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: 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 obuthi
Ameva abukhali aphethe ubuthi. Ukusinyathela noma ukusibamba kubuhlungu.
Ubuthi baso benzani?
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: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.Senzani uma sesabile?
If it is caught, it arches its back to pierce its captor with the spines near its dorsal fins.1
Uma ameva aso ekugwaza
- Faka inxeba emanzini ashisayo, ashisa ngendlela umuntu angakwazi ukuyibekezelela ngaphandle kokusha (yihlole ngesandla sakho), imizuzu engama-30 kuya kwengama-90. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha, ikakhulukazi kuma-stonefish nama-stingray.
Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala
Hlala uphephile
- Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
- Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Uma ameva aso ekugwaza: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.
Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile
Kuphi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-1.5 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileni
side njengobhanana abangu-5 abalandelanayo
singabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-9Spiny dogfish mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?
Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Sishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso
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
Umqothuli wezinganekwane
Inganekwane: All animals called dogfish or spurdog are the same species.
Iqiniso: 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
Okongoti bobuthi
- Igama lesayensi
- Squalus acanthias
- Iqembu
- Izinhlanzi ezinobuthi
- Umndeni
- Squalidae2
- Ukuhleleka
- Squaliformes
- Amazwekazi
- ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, ULwandlekazi iPacific, ULwandlekazi i-India, Ulwandle iMediterranean, ULwandlekazi lwaseNingizimu, ULwandlekazi i-Arctic, I-Antarctica, Ulwandle i-North Sea, Izilwandlekazi
- Izinsana
- 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
- Simo saso endle
- Vulnerable globally; Critically endangered in the Northeast Atlantic1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Spiny dogfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Squalus acanthias (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
- Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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