Squalus chiconis Jordan 1907 (dogfish shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae

Alternative combinations: Hemipristis chiconis, Notidanion chiconis

Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1907. The fossil fishes of California, with supplementary notes on other species of extinct fishes. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(7):95-144

Belongs to Squalus according to B. J. Welton and J. M. Alderson 1981

See also Jordan 1907 and Jordan and Hanibal 1923

Sister taxa: Squalus acanthias, Squalus alsaticus, Squalus argentinensis, Squalus ballingsloevensis, Squalus balsvikensis, Squalus blainvillei, Squalus crenatidens, Squalus gabrielsoni, Squalus huntensis, Squalus megalops, Squalus minor, Squalus nicholsae, Squalus perlo, Squalus philippi, Squalus smithi, Squalus sorrakowah, Squalus stehlini, Squalus suckleyi, Squalus vondermarcki, Squalus weltoni, Squalus woodburnei, Squalus worlandensis, Acanthias geelongensis, Biforisodus, Acanthias depauwi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Squalus chiconis in the database

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