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Originally posted by langster:
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Originally posted by ŅÏÎđâŅŅОÏηКŅÎģ:
Dog fish are certainly a type of shark. I remember catching one off Cromer pier years ago and thinking it was a shark at first until someone else there corrected me. But they have typical shark shaped heads.
I am not disputing the fact that dogfish are a breed of shark, they most certainly are a member of the shark family as are their larger cousins bull huss and rays (skate) What I am saying is dogfish who grow to about 2 to 2/1 feet at most and are found on the bottom of the sea right round Britain eating prawns and crustaceans etc DO NOT grow up to be Basking sharks that can grow to over 20 feet and live on nothing but plankton. Plankton I might add is obviously a close relative of Bea. The nugget!
There are more than 1 breed of dogfish as well. The common one here is LSD, lesser spotted dogfish.
I've had/caught some 3 or 4ft Dogfish, they are certainly Sharks, they have a massive mouth on the underside like most sharks, and the skin is that strong that you can't cut through it with a knife without blunting it.
And if you run your hand along the skin the wrong way it will rip you to shreds.
And you want to see it's teeth.
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Pictures of Fish Dogfish Pictures and Dogfish Fishes KindDogfish is a common name for number of small sharks that can be found in in the northeast Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean Ocean. In freshwater lakes and rivers, dogfish usually refers to Bowfin family. Dog fishes are known to have lived for many years, even up to 25-30 years. Dogfishes are generally regarded as a nuisance by the fishermen because it tends to latch onto almost anything put in the water including human hands.
Dogfishes are slender and small sharks with a flattened head and a snout tapering to a blunt tip. Their average size is 2.5-3 feet long and larger species of 4-feet and above are also known. They feed on small fish, squids and crustaceans. Dogfishes hunt both alone as well as in groups with other dogfishes. They have long jaws with low, flat, grinding teeth. They also possess a set of small and very sharp teeth. Population of dogfishes has declined sharply and hence it is illegal to kill them. However, in Britain and especially in the south of England, dogfishes are regarded as delicacy, mostly as a less costly alternative to cods.
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And another bit of worthless info: They have beautiful white flesh and taste very nice indeed, i've eaten a few as I wasn't going to carry them all the way home from the boat and throw them away.