Hawaiian spurdog
Squalus hawaiiensis Daly-Engel, Koch, Anderson, Cotton & Grubbs, 2018
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Squalus hawaiiensis, the Hawaiian spurdog, is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae, found in waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands, from the surface to 950 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.
Wikipedia contributors, Squalus hawaiiensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:00:23.360328+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Squalus hawaiiensis Daly-Engel, Koch, Anderson, Cotton & Grubbs, 2018
- Name authority
- Daly-Engel, Koch, Anderson, Cotton & Grubbs, 2018
- Common name
- Hawaiian spurdog
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Squalidae
- Genus
- Squalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumChondrichthyes
- classElasmobranchii
- subclassNeoselachii
- infraclassSelachii
- superorderSqualomorphi
- orderSqualiformes Compagno, 1973
- familySqualidae de Blainville, 1816
- genusSqualus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesSqualus hawaiiensis Daly-Engel, Koch, Anderson, Cotton & Grubbs, 2018
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Squalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Squalus bahiensis Viana, Carvalho & Gomes, 2016 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalus bassi Viana, Carvalho & Ebert, 2017 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Japanese shortnose spurdogSqualus brevirostris Tanaka, 1917 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Longnose spurdogSqualus blainville (Risso, 1827) | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalus acutipinnis Regan, 1908 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalus altipinnis Last, White & Stevens, 2007 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalus albifrons Last, White & Stevens, 2007 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalus hemipinnis White, Last & Yearsley, 2007 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalus chloroculus Last, White & Motomura, 2007 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalus crassispinus Last, Edmunds & Yearsley, 2007 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cuban dogfishSqualus cubensis Howell Rivero, 1936 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalus mahia Viana, Lisher & Carvalho, 2017 | SqualidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Daly-Engel, T. S., Koch, A., Anderson, J. M., Cotton, C. F., & Grubbs, R. D. (2018). Description of a new deep-water dogfish shark from Hawaii, with comments on the Squalus mitsukurii species complex in the West Pacific. ZooKeys, 798: 135–157. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.798.28375 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:D52NP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.