Blacktailed spurdog
| Blacktailed spurdog | |
|---|---|
| from New Caledonia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Squalidae |
| Genus: | Squalus |
| Species: | S. melanurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Squalus melanurus Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 | |
| Range of the blacktailed spurdog (in blue) | |
The blacktailed spurdog (Squalus melanurus) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found around New Caledonia in the central Pacific Ocean, at depths from 320 to 320 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.
Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.