Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Elasmobranchii > Order: Squaliformes > Family: Squalidae > Genus: Squalus > Species: Squalus megalops

Blue dog - Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1881)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Data Deficient (IUCN)
Protected by	6 international agreements

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Data Deficient

Europe

Data Deficient

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement. (Squalus acanthias)	http://www.cms.int/
Memorandum of understanding on the conservation of migratory sharks - under Bonn Convention (Sharks MOU)	Annex 1: species for which measures have to be taken to improve or restore a favourable conservation status (Squalus acanthias)	http://www.cms.int/sharks/en
Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol)	Annex III of Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (Species whose exploitation is regulated) (Squalus acanthias)	http://rac-spa.org/protocol http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic ("OSPAR Convention") (OSPAR Convention)	Initial OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats (Reference Number: 2003-14) in addition to Annex V (Squalus acanthias)	http://www.ospar.org/content...240000_000000_000000
Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention)	Threatened and/or declining species in the Baltic Sea (Squalus acanthias)	http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/species-and-habitats
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic ("OSPAR Convention") (OSPAR Convention)	or declining species in the North East Atlantic. The purpose of the list is to guide the OSPAR Commission in setting priorities for its further work on the conservation and protection of marine biodiversity. The inclusion of a species or of a type of habitat on this list has no other significance.

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Aiguillat commun	French	Fishbase
Aiguillat nez court	French	Fishbase
Aiguillat tacheté	French	Fishbase
Akula	Bulgarian	Fishbase
An fiogach gobach	Irish (recte Irish Gaelic)	Fishbase
Blue dog	English	Fishbase
Câine de mare	Romanian	Fishbase
Chernomorska akula	Bulgarian	Fishbase
Common spiny fish	English	Fishbase
Darwen salmon	English	Fishbase
Doornhaai	Dutch	Fishbase
Dornfisch	German	Fishbase
Dornhai	German	Fishbase
Galhudo	Portuguese	Fishbase
Galhudo-de-focinho-curto	Portuguese	Fishbase
Galhudo-malhado	Portuguese	Fishbase
Galludo	Spanish	Fishbase
Galludo chato	Spanish	Fishbase
Galludo ñato	Spanish	Fishbase
Gemeiner Dornhai	German	Fishbase
Háfur	Icelandic	Fishbase
Katran	Russian	Fishbase
Kolen	Polish	Fishbase
Köpek baligi	Turkish	Fishbase
Koscenjak	Serbian	Fishbase
Kuceska akula	Bulgarian	Fishbase
Mahmuzlu camgöz	Turkish	Fishbase
Malhado melga	Portuguese	Fishbase
Mazzola	Maltese	Fishbase
Mazzola bix-xewka	Maltese	Fishbase
Mazzola griza	Maltese	Fishbase
Mielga	Spanish	Fishbase
Morsko kuce	Bulgarian	Fishbase
Obyknovennaya kolyuchaya akula	Russian	Fishbase
Pas kostelj	Serbian	Fishbase
Peshkagen	Albanian	Fishbase
Piggha	Norwegian	Fishbase
Pigghaj	Swedish	Fishbase
Pighai	Norwegian	Fishbase
Pighaj	Danish	Fishbase
Piikkihai	Finnish	Fishbase
Piked dogfish	English	Fishbase
Rechin	Romanian	Fishbase
Rigg	English	Fishbase
Rock salmon	English	Fishbase
Schillerlocken	German	Fishbase
Shortnose spurdog	English	Fishbase
Skyllos	Greek	Fishbase
Skylópsaro	Greek	Fishbase
Spinarolo	Italian	Fishbase
Spiny dogfish	English	Fishbase
Spring dogfish	English	Fishbase
Spurdog	English	Fishbase
Stictokentroni	Greek	Fishbase

Synonym	Author
Squalus acanthias	Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus acanthias	(non Linnaeus, 1758)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
FishBase	FishBase
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

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