The name dogfish is applied to a number of types of small sharks found in the northeast Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean, especially three principal families – Scyliorhinidae, Squalidae and Squalidae. The name is applied only loosely and does not signify a close taxonomic relationship. A number of other unrelated fish, notably the bowfin, are also sometimes referred to as dogfish.

Species of dogfish

• Brown smoothhound (Rhinotriacis henlai)
• Chain dogfish (Sciliorhynus retifer)
• Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata)
• Lesser spotted dogfish (Sciliorhynus caniculus)
• Longsnout dogfish (Deania quadrispinosa)
• Prickly dogfish (Oxynotis bruniensis)
• Roughskin dogfish (Cirrhigaleus asper)
• Shortnose velvet dogfish (Centroscymnus cryptacanthus)
• Smooth dogfish (Mustelis canis)
• Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

See also

• Order Squaliformes.