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RPool · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:17 am Post subject: Dogfish question

Does anyone know the scientific name of the dogfish?
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RodBreaker · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:28 am Post subject:

Opsanus beta if you're talking about this one:

http://www.rodnreel.com/gulffish/gulffish.asp?cmd=view&FishID=132

SurfRanger95 · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:08 am Post subject: Dogfish vs/ dogfish

Rodbreaker nailed it. There is another type of dogfish too and is a Squaliform -- a genus of small coastal and deepwater sharks that can be identified by their relativly small size, large ovular eyes and in some species 1st and seocndary dorsal spines. They are harmless and are considered pests lots of times by sportfishermen on the east coast (cannot seem to get out of em when a school is in the area. Interesting because it is thought they live for a long time (some think up to 60 years)Some common ones are the Spiny and Smooth Dogfish. I believe they are netted commercially on both coasts. Hope my .02 helped ya out.

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RPool · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:01 pm Post subject: Thanks, that's it.

Thanks - I was thinking of the bony fish, not the shark - but thanks for both responses.
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Johnny French · Flour Bluffian in Training Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 407

My friends and who grew up in Corpus Christi always called them toadfish, and so avoided the confusion with the shark. One of them learned the hard way while gigging barefoot one night not to stick his toes anywhere near a toadfish's mouth. Being almost all jaw, they're also tough on the fingers if you try to remove a hook from one's mouth w/o pliers or similar tool.