FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

1232 Sharks
Squalus sp. F [Last and Stevens, 1994]
En - Eastern longnose spurdog.
Maximum total length about 64 cm. On the continental slope off Queensland between Cape York
and Rockhampton in depths from 220 to 500 m. A similar small, long-nosed spurdog occurs off north
and eastern Luzon, Philippines, from coastal waters less than a depth of 40 m to 385 m. Interest to
fisheries limited. The Philippines spurdog is fished locally.
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