| Roughskin spurdog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Squalidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhigaleus |
| Species: |
C. asper
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett, 1973) | |
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| Range of the roughskin spurdog (in blue) | |
The roughskin spurdog (Cirrhigaleus asper) is a dogfish of the family Squalidae, found circumglobally between latitudes 35°N and 35°S, at depths of between 200 metres (660 ft) and 600 metres (2,000 ft). It reaches a length of 1.2 metres (3.9 ft).
The roughskin spurdog is ovoviviparous with 21 to 22 young in a litter.
The roughskin spurdog was first described in 1973 as Squalas Asper by British ichthyologist Nigel Merrett. It was later quickly changed to Cirrhigaleus asper.[2] The roughskin spurdog is also known as the roughskin dogfish and roughskin dogshark in English.[3]
| Cirrhigaleus asper |
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| Squalus asper |
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