#Spurdog
There's a family of sharks that are venomous. Because being sharks just wasn't hardcore enough.

They have spines on their backs, like rays have on their tails.

And yes, several species are found around Australia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurdog...
Spurdog - Wikipedia
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October 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
#1 species whose names sound like curses from Captain Haddock: You spurdog, you mudshark, you Squalus acanthias!! #SundayFishSketch #sciart #spinydogfish
September 7, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Spurdog🦈🏳️‍⚧️ (@SpurdogShark) on X
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July 26, 2026 at 10:45 PM
One of the longest-living sharks lurking in shallow UK coastal waters
One of the longest-living sharks lurking in shallow UK coastal waters
Find out more about the Spiny Dogfish/Spurdog Shark, including if it's dangerous, where to find it in the UK, and what it looks like.
dlvr.it
June 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
CJ Jackson: Inspiring the next generation to rediscover British seafood. A great review of CJ Jackson's new book, the Great British Seafood Revival by Jason Holland. www.worldfishing.net/interviews/c...
CJ Jackson: Inspiring the next generation to rediscover British seafood
Thornback ray, spurdog and megrim are just three of dozens of abundant domestic species that the seafood ambassador, cookery writer and teacher wants the UK public to reconnect with
www.worldfishing.net
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My first PhD paper is published! We did a co-occurrence network analysis of tagged spiny dogfish in the fjords 🦈 Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/ices...

@bergentelemetry.bsky.social
#SqualusAcanthias
#Spurdog
January 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The South Australian government has announced a ban on fishing critically endangered sharks and rays in its waters.

Species Now Protected:

🦈 Whitefin swellshark
🦈 Oceanic whitetip shark
🦈 Gray nurse shark
🦈 Green sawfish
🦈 Greeneye spurdog
🦈 Southern dogfish
🦈 Basking shark
January 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Not all sharks found in Australian waters are enormous. This green-eye spurdog for example (also known as a Blainvilles Dogfish) is believed to grow to about 85.6cm in length. They’re a deep sea fish (ranging from around 213 to 1360 metres deep) so we don’t know that much about them (yet).
February 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A few non-avian UK #wildlife highlights from this year: Spurdog & Bullhuss (English Channel), Silver-striped Hawkmoth (Staffs) & Beaver (Kent). Happy New Yr to all my followers and wishing you all a wild (of sorts) 2026 🥂🦆🦡🐟🦋
December 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My highlights from a boat 10-15 miles S of Purbeck, Dorset on Monday. Small #sharks in the form of obliging metre-long Bullhuss & Spurdog; a pulse of #vismig that included a couple of knackered chiffs, 2 flyby Wheatears and a few brief distant LBJ's. Yr 1st Sarnie tern in Poole Hbr
March 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Threatened species and chips? Other fish frequently sold as flake, Australian study finds
Scalloped hammerhead and greeneye spurdog among at-risk shark discovered in genetic testing of flake fillets

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Threatened species and chips? Other fish frequently sold as flake, Australian study finds
Scalloped hammerhead and greeneye spurdog among at-risk shark discovered in genetic testing of flake fillets
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2024 at 9:14 PM
When ghosts come to town: new records of the roughskin spurdog Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett, 1973) from the southwestern Gulf of Mexico 🦑🐟🦈 www.lajar.cl/index.php/rl...
June 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tag attachment innovation on spurdog/spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) reveals year-round coastal association of pregnant females in northeastern Atlantic waters 🦑🌎🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
December 27, 2024 at 1:46 PM
from @ianvisits.co.uk - look how good the names of the sharks in the thames are. "tope, starry smoothound, and spurdog"
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
🚨Advice release - Spurdog management

ICES response to the joint @ec.europa.eu-UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) request for projected effects of different management scenarios for spurdog has been released today doi.org/10.17895/ice...

📷Doug Costa, NOAA/SBNMS
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#SharkOfTheWeek Spurdog Shark
December 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Squalus bassi sp. nov., a new long-snouted spurdog (Chondrichthyes: Squalidae) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.13448/full/
February 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Shark names are not far behind.😂
Crying Catshark
Long-nosed African Spurdog
Cobbler Wobbegong
Gummy Shark
Nervous Shark
Lollipop Shark
Phallic Catshark
Nursehound...
July 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I love how none of the artist pieces are talking down upon the younger artists. I am a big fan of the greeneye spurdog, personally!
November 3, 2024 at 8:39 PM