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Echinorhinus spinosus

spinous shark(+1)·(Gmelin, 1789)

GBIF:155387115

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(7)

Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part]

West Africa

English Channel

Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]

French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part](FR)

French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part](FR)

Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone(PT)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages.

spinous sharkengsquale boucléfra

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages.

spinous shark

eng

Source: Gilson, G. (1921). Les poissons d'Ostende [The fishes of Ostend]. Société Anonyme belge d'Imprimerie: Bruxelles, Belgium. 110 pp.

squale bouclé

fra

Source: Gilson, G. (1921). Les poissons d'Ostende [The fishes of Ostend]. Société Anonyme belge d'Imprimerie: Bruxelles, Belgium. 110 pp.

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaChordataVertebrataGnathostomataChondrichthyesElasmobranchiiNeoselachiiSelachiiSqualomorphiEchinorhiniformesEchinorhinidaeEchinorhinusEchinorhinus spinosus

DOM

Biota868,823

Animalia624,570

Chordata52,812

SUB

Vertebrata49,207

INF

Gnathostomata49,030

Chondrichthyes1,702

Elasmobranchii1,631

SUB

Neoselachii1,630

INF

Selachii740

SUP

Echinorhinus spinosus

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CITATIONS

References(2)

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.

basis of record

Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

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