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Encyclopedia > Squaliformes
Squaliformes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Families

Squalidae (dogfish sharks)
Centrophoridae (gulper sharks)
Dalatiidae (sleeper sharks)
Echinorhinidae (bramble sharks)

Squaliformes is an order of sharks that includes the smooth dogfish and spiny dogfish and others, about 80 species in four families.


Members of the order have two dorsal fins, no anal fin, and no nictitating membrane. They have five gill slits.


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Squaliformes: Information from Answers.com (2154 words)
Amongst living elasmobranches, Squaliformes is usually accepted as a sister group to an evolutionary branch consisting of angel sharks (Squatiniformes), saw sharks (Pristiophoriformes), and rays.
Squaliformes is a unique order of sharks in that at least one representative, the Greenland shark, is a common inhabitant of polar waters.
Squaliformes is an order of sharks that includes the smooth dogfish and spiny dogfish and others, about 80 species in four families.
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