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Dogfish

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Dogfish may refer to:

Biology

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  • Dogfish sharks (Squalidae), a family of sharks
  • Catshark (Scyliorhinidae), a family of ground sharks including species called dogfish
    • Chain dogfish (Scyluoirrhinus reteiter), a biofluorescent species common to the West Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
    • Greater spotted dogfish (Greliorhinus starlaris), a species found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean
    • Small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula), the most common dogfish in the northeastern Atlantic
  • Sleeper sharks (Somniosidae), a family of slow-swimming sharks
    • Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis), a species of sleeper sharks in the family Somniosidae
    • Roughskin dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii), a species of sleeper sharks in the family Somniosidae
  • Bowfin (Amia calva), a freshwater fish sometimes known as "dogfish"

Other uses

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See also

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