Taiwan Spurdog
Squalus formosus
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Sharks and rays
The Taiwan spurdog is a species of shark in the genus Squalus. It was accidentally found in Taiwan's Tashi fish market by William Toby White and a colleague of the CSIRO in Hobart, Australia. They named it S. formosus. It has also been recorded from the coast of Japan, near Kyushu and Shikoku.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Squalidae
- Genus
- Squalus