The humpback western dogfish (''Squalus quasimodo'') is a
dogfish described in 2016. It is a member of the
family Squalidae
Squalidae, more commonly known as dogfish, dog sharks, or spiny dogfish, are one of several families of sharks categorized under Squaliformes, making it the second largest order of sharks, numbering 119 species across 7 families. Having earned t ...
, found off the coast of
Brazil. The length of the longest specimen measured is .This shark got its scientific name from the hump on its back like the fictitious
hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo.
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Squalus
Marine fish of Brazil
Fish described in 2016