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title: "Shortspine Spurdog"
description: "Squalus mitsukurii — Peixes. The shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found on continental shelves off Japan in temperate waters, from the surface to 950 m."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/shortspine-spurdog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Shortspine Spurdog

> Squalus mitsukurii — Peixes. The shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found on continental shelves off Japan in temperate waters, from the surface to 950 m.

- Scientific name: *Squalus mitsukurii*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4
- Wikidata: [Q2314437](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2314437)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52305](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52305)

## Names

- en: Shortspine Spurdog
- de: Kleinspitzen-Dornhai
- es: Cazón aguijón galludo
- fr: Aiguillat épinette
- nl: Kortstekeldoornhaai

## Summary

The shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found on continental shelves off Japan in temperate waters, from the surface to 950 m.  Its length is up to 75 cm.

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

## Photo

![Shortspine Spurdog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/shortspine-spurdog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Expedition 2003 · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Squalus_mitsukurii.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/shortspine-spurdog?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).