Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Lesser spotted catshark / Dogfish shark (Scyliorhinus canicula) hiding amongst seaweeds, Babbacombe Bay, Devon, UK, April. Did you know? There are at least 21 native British sharks.

Alex Hyde / Electron micrograph of dermal denticles on skin of a Dogfish shark (Scyliorhinus sp) dead specimen

Alan James / Dogfish shark, off UK

Alex Hyde / Dead Lesser Spotted Dogfish / Smallspotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) washed up on strand line following storms. Anglesey, Wales, UK. December.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Detail of the denticles (tooth-like scales) on the skin of Dogfish / Lesser spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Detail of the eye of Dogfish / Lesser spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June

Alex Mustard / Dogfish Shark (Scyliorhinus canicula) resting on the seabed in Babbacombe Bay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK. April

Graham Eaton / Lesser-spotted Dogfish /Small-spotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) on a reef, Cardigan Bay, Wales, November.

Robert Thompson / Mermaid's purse, Egg capsule of the Dogfish shark {Scyliorhinus canicula} Portaferry, Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland, April

Laurie Campbell / Lesser Spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) egg-case (mermaid's purse) washed up on shore, Islay, Scotland, UK, April

Philippe Clement / Mermaid's purse / egg case of Dogfish shark (Scyliorhinus canicula) on beach, Belgium.

Philippe Clement / Mermaid's purse / Egg case of Dogfish shark (Scyliorhinus canicula) Belgium.