The upper body of a spurdog is usually grey or a dark charcoal colour. It is covered in small white spots, it's under-side is white.

A spur is also referred to as a spiney dog, the most noticeable feature being a protruding spine at the front of each of the 2 dorsal fins.

The spurdog is a slow growing shark. The females are live bearing and carry the pups for over 18months. Litter sizes vary but can be up to 20.

I have also found a good squid bait also to be extremely tempting.

Being large pack fish who roam the sea beds continually feeding, it easy to see how commercial long liners can eradicate this particular species from a given area in a very short space of time.

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