Spiny Dogfish Shark Digital Poster
By Allie Labbe
Labeling
- First Dorsal Fin
- Second Dorsal Fin
- Caudal fin
- Pelvic Fin
- Gill slits
- Snout
- Claspers
- Pectoral fin
- Lateral line
Organs
- Kidney: balances salt and water and eliminates toxic waste
- Heart: pumps blood throughout the shark's body
- Gall Bladder: stores bile from the liver
- Liver: holds nutrients and oil that give the shark balance
- Pancreas: digestive gland that produces hormones and enzymes to helpbreak down fats and carbs in stomach
- Small intestine: absorbs nutrients from food
- Large intestine: absorb water and transmit waste from the body
- Stomach: stores meals until digestion begins
- Esophagus: guides food down from the mouth to the stomach
- Rectum: stores waste
- Claspers: male structure that is used to transport semen into the female's cloaca
- Lateral Line: structure that has a system of sense organs to hunt down other organisms and movement
- Gills: structure that takes in oxygen from water and exchanges carbon dioxide
Information
Habitat: Found in cold or warm, temperate oceans along the shore. Can be found in estuaries as well.
Life Span: ranges from 25-100 years
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus acanthias
Species: Squalus acanthias