Squalidae

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Squalidae | image = Squalus_acanthias.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Chondrichthyes | ordo = Squaliformes | familia = Squalidae | familia_authority = Blainville, 1816 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Cirrhigaleus
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Squalidae is the family of dogfish sharks. These sharks are characterized by smooth dorsal fin spines, teeth in upper and lower jaws similar in size, caudal peduncle with lateral keels; upper precaudal pit usually present, and caudal fin without subterminal notch.

There are eleven species in two genera:

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