The humpback western dogfish (Squalus quasimodo) is a dogfish described in 2016. It is a member of the family Squalidae, found off the coast of Brazil. The length of the longest specimen measured is 85.0 cm (33.5 in).This shark got its scientific name from the hump on its back like the fictitious hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo.^[1]

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Humpback western dogfish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Squalidae
Genus:	Squalus
Species:	S. quasimodo
Binomial name
Squalus quasimodo Viana, Carvalho & Gomes, 2016

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