Dogfish

1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
3. The burbot of Lake Erie.

The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and Scyllium canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.