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Humpback Western Dogfish

Squalus quasimodo

The humpback western dogfish (Squalus quasimodo) is a dogfish described in 2016. It is a member of the family Squalidae, found off the coast of Brazil. The length of the longest specimen measured is 85.0 cm (33.5 in).This shark got its scientific name from the hump on its back like the fictitious hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 607532.