Dogfish, Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Rough Hound

Family Scyliorhinidae

• Portuguese: Pintaroxa
• Spanish: Pintarroja, Gato
• French: Petite roussette
• Dutch: Hondshaai
• German: Kleingefleckter Kaltenhai
• Polish: Rekinek
• Russian: Morskoĭ kot
• Swedish: Småfläckig rödhaj
• Norwegian: Småflekket rødhai
• Danish: Småplettet rødhaj
• Other: Morgay (Scotland and Cornwall); Morgi meiaf (Welsh)

REMARKS Maximum length about 100 cm. A sandy or brown fish with lots of little brown spots on the back and sides.

This is a common dogfish in European Atlantic waters. Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus), the larger-spotted dogfish, may be twice the size and has relatively larger spots, but is much less common.