Small, bottom-living shark found from Norway to the Mediterranean, and common around British coasts; length to 75 cm/30 in, skin very rough; sold in shops as rock eel, rock salmon, or huss. The name is also used for several other small species of sharks.
A number of other unrelated fish, notably the bowfin, eelpout/burbot are also sometimes referred to as dogfish and commonly sold as rock salmon (or huss) as fish and chips.Species of dogfish include:
Brown smoothhound, Rhinotriacis henlai Chain dogfish, Sciliorhynus retifer Leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata Lesser spotted dogfish, Sciliorhynus canicula (also called the small-spotted catshark) Longsnout dogfish, Deania quadrispinosa Prickly dogfish, Oxynotis bruniensis Roughskin dogfish, Cirrhigaleus asper Shortnose velvet dogfish, Centroscymnus cryptacanthus Smooth dogfish, Mustelis canis Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias
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