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Definition: Scyllium canicula
Houndfish
\Hound"fish\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any small shark of the genus
Galeus or
Mustelus, of which
there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (
Galeus canis
), of Europe and America; -- called also
houndshark,
and
dogfish.
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Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is
Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or
large-spotted dogfish, is
Scyllium catulus. The name
has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish
(
Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar.
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Dogfish
\Dog"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera
Mustelus,
Scyllium,
Spinax, etc.
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Note: The European spotted dogfishes (
Scyllium catudus, and
Scyllium canicula) are very abundant; the American
smooth, or blue dogfish is
Mustelus canis; the common
picked, or horned dogfish (
Squalus acanthias)
abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.
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2. The bowfin (
Amia calva). See
Bowfin.
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3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
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