The humpback western dogfish (Squalus quasimodo) is a dogfish described in 2016. It is a member of the familySqualidae, 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.[1]
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Squalus Quasimodo" in FishBase. 10 2016 version.
August 29, 2023
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