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title: "Cuban Dogfish"
description: "Squalus cubensis — Pesci. The Cuban dogfish (Squalus cubensis) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/cuban-dogfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cuban Dogfish

> Squalus cubensis — Pesci. The Cuban dogfish (Squalus cubensis) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes.

- Scientific name: *Squalus cubensis*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4
- Wikidata: [Q994645](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q994645)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113033](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113033)

## Names

- en: Cuban Dogfish
- de: Kubanischer Dornhai
- es: Cazón aguijón cubano
- nl: Cubaanse doornhaai

## Summary

The Cuban dogfish (Squalus cubensis) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_dogfish

## Photo

![Cuban Dogfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cuban-dogfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Bioluminescence 2009 Expedition, NOAA/OER · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Squalus_cubensis_eits.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cuban-dogfish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).