The humpback western dogfish (Squalus quasimodo) is a dogfish described in 2016. It is a member of the family Squalidae, found off the coast of Brazil. The length of the longest specimen measured is 85.0 cm (33.5 in).This shark got its scientific name from the hump on its back like the fictitious hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo.[1]
| Humpback western dogfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Squalidae |
| Genus: | Squalus |
| Species: | S. quasimodo
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| Binomial name | |
| Squalus quasimodo Viana, Carvalho & Gomes, 2016
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Squalus Quasimodo". FishBase. October 2016 version.