Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 100

Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758

Squalus suckleyi (non Girard, 1855) [Misapplied for Gabon specimens� Squalus mitsukurii non Jordan & Snyder, 1903 [Misapplied for Gabon specimens�

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 122 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 0-1460 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2020)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: boreal and temperate cosmopolitan species with principal subpopulations found in the Northeast and Northwest Atlantic ( Ebert et al., 2010).