Meet the gulf dogfish (Squalus clarkae), a new species of deep sea shark, a member in the family Squ

Meet the gulf dogfish (Squalus clarkae), a new species of deep sea shark, a member in the family Squalidae. Previously, this species was considered a part of the Squalus mitsukurii species complex, a group of closely related but distinct species. However, using new genetic testing and morphology, researchers classified the gulf dogfish as a new species.- An adult Gulf dogfish found in Belize. credit: MarAlliance.From the Gulf of Mexico, this species is named in honor of Dr. Eugenie Clark, a pioneer in the field of marine sciencebroadly, and elasmobranch biology in the Gulf of Mexico specifically Adult female Gulf Dogfish/Genie’s DogfishSqualus clarkae Reference: Ppfleger et al., 2018. Squalus clarkae sp. nov., a new dogfish shark from the Northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Squalus mitsukurii species complex. Zootaxa.[Image description: The gulf dogfish is a small shark, with around 50 to 70 cm in length. It is shown on its side, to indicate its features, like a single robust spine at the beginning of its dorsal fin, that fin has a black tip, this deep sea shark have large green eyes.] -- source link

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