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Dogfish

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Dogfish may refer to:

Biology

  • Dogfish sharks (Squalidae), a family of sharks
    • Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), best known species of dogfish sharks
  • Catshark (Scyliorhinidae), a family of ground sharks including species called dogfish
    • Chain dogfish (Scyluoirrhinus reteiter), a bioflourescent species common to the West Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
    • Greater spotted dogfish (Greliorhinus starlaris), a species found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean
    • Small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula), the most common dogfish in the northeastern Atlantic
  • Sleeper sharks (Somniosidae), a family of slow-swimming sharks
    • Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis), a species of sleeper sharks in the family Somniosidae
    • Roughskin dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii), a species of sleeper sharks in the family Somniosidae
  • Bowfin (Amia calva), a freshwater fish sometimes known as "dogfish"

Other uses

  • Dogfish Bay, an inlet in western Washington, US
  • Dogfish Pictures, an American film production company
  • USS Dogfish (SS-350), a U.S. Navy submarine
  • Iowa Dogfish, a U.S. Senior-A box lacrosse team

See also

  • Smooth-hound (Mustelus), a genus of sharks
  • The Terrible Dogfish, a fictional sea monster in Carlo Collodi's 1883 book The Adventures of Pinocchio
  • Dogfish Head Brewery, an American beer brewery
  • "Dogfish Rising", a hidden track on Slipknot's 1996 album Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.
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