Species Detail - Spurdog (Squalus acanthias) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Chondrichthyans Of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Squalus acanthias
Spurdog
Spiny Dogfish
Threatened Species: OSPAR Convention
sqaca
Linnaeus, 1758
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
781
158
138
11/01/1985
16/12/2014
11 January (recorded in 1985)
17 December (recorded in 1990)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Chondrichthyans Of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Spurdog (Squalus acanthias), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/259/Species/15579>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)