WoRMS name details
Squalus asper Merrett, 1973
217369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217369)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Merrett, N. R. (1973). A new shark of the genus Squalus (Squalidae: Squaloidea) from the equatorial western Indian Ocean; with notes on Squalus blainvillei. <em>Journal of Zoology (London).</em> v. 171 (pt 1): 93-110. [details]
Description Body stout. Snout rounded-parabolic, broad, and moderately long, diagonal distance from snout tip to excurrent aperture of...
Description Body stout. Snout rounded-parabolic, broad, and moderately long, diagonal distance from snout tip to excurrent aperture of nostril slightly less than that from excurrent aperature to upper labial furrow, preoral snout about 0.8 to 1.1 times mouth width, preorbital snout less than twice eye length; eyes slightly near snout tip than first gill slits. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Squalus asper Merrett, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217369 on 2025-11-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Merrett, N. R. (1973). A new shark of the genus Squalus (Squalidae: Squaloidea) from the equatorial western Indian Ocean; with notes on Squalus blainvillei. <em>Journal of Zoology (London).</em> v. 171 (pt 1): 93-110. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Body stout. Snout rounded-parabolic, broad, and moderately long, diagonal distance from snout tip to excurrent aperture of nostril slightly less than that from excurrent aperature to upper labial furrow, preoral snout about 0.8 to 1.1 times mouth width, preorbital snout less than twice eye length; eyes slightly near snout tip than first gill slits. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | roughskin spurdog | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Squalus asper Merrett, 1973; PARATYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2536429)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Squalus asper Merrett, 1973; PARATYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2536429)
To ITIS
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