Green-eye Spurdog
Squalus mitsukurii
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Squalidae
- Genus
- Squalus
Where to Find
Found in 6 diving areas across 3 countries and 1 regions.
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 7 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 128 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 4 records