Small-spotted Catshark
Scyliorhinus canicula
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,374
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula), also known as the sandy dogfish, lesser-spotted dogfish, rough-hound or morgay (in Scotland and Cornwall), is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found on the continental shelves and the uppermost continental slopes off the coasts of Norway and the British Isles south to Senegal and in the Mediterranean, between latitudes 63° N and 12° N. It can grow up to a length of 1 m (3 ft 3 in), and it can weigh more than 2 kg (4.4 lb).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Small-spotted catshark”.