Baby Spiny Dogfish
Nov. 30, 2024
Chuck "Charles" Bangley, PhD on X: "Spiny dogfish practice a form of live birth called yolk sac viviparity. The terminology has changed around a bit, but the general idea is that these My friend and I harvested a Pacific Spiny dogfish. Only too see her stomach moving. We quickly and carefully cut her open to find 6 baby dogfish! They were probably only a Squalus acanthias – Discover Fishes Atlantic Spiny Dogfish | NOAA Fisheries | Baby Spiny Dogfish