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The spiny dogfish, spurdog, mud shark, or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias, is one of the best known species of the Squalidae (dogfish) family of sharks, which is part of the Squaliformes order.piny dogfish are fished for food in Europe, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Chile. The meat is primarily consumed in England, France, the Benelux countries and Germany.
Lionfish belong to the Family Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes) and have large heads, from one-third to one-half of their length. They have numerous head spines and venomous dorsal, pectoral, and anal spines.The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) has greatly elongated dorsal fin spines (11 dorsal and 7 anal spines); the membranes of all fins are spotted, and the body is white or cream colored with reddish-brown vertical stripes.tomach content confirmed individual lionfish ate both large quantities of prey (max. = 53, mean = 5.7) and large prey relative to their body size. Fish prey ranged in size from 1 - 12 (0.4-4.7) cm TL.