Squalus
spiny dogfish
Linnaeus, 1758Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 105782 ↗
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3
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1969
First collected
1986
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Squalus, most mentions first.
1996
Records of the Hawaii Biological survey. Part 2: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & S.E. Miller, editors · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
1996
Saddle Road Project: assessment of the impacts on invertebrates (land snails, insects, and other arthropods)Evenhuis, N.L., R.H. Cowie, G.M. Nishida, G.A. Samuelson, and F.G. Howarth · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
1995
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1995: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2016
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2016: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1969 by Local fisherman, via J.E. Randall (Easter Island). The Museum last collected it in 1986; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as July 22, 2026.
Alive today
6 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-07-22
Island of Hawai'i, Hawaii, USA
(c) kkittens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-07
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Elijah Winger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-03-15
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) niff82, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-01-15
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) JJ Jackson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2017-08-17
Pacific Ocean, , , US
(c) André Giraldi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2006-10-22
French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii, USA
(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)