Talk:Pacific spiny dogfish

Page name
In keeping with conventions for other species (including other members of the Spurdog genus), this page should probably be moved to Pacific Spiny Dogfish and have Squalus suckleyi redirect there. --IGTaylor (talk) 03:52, 30 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Page now moved to Pacific spiny dogfish with redirect automatically created at Squalus suckleyi and an additional redirect from the capitalized Pacific Spiny Dogfish. --IGTaylor (talk) 18:12, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Big improvements!
Thank you Tpyoung98 and Plantdrew for the improvements to this article. It is vastly improved and it looks like you have more in the works.

One thing I would encourage you to watch for is to make sure the references used are appropriate for the species that occurs in the North Pacific, which can be confusing due to the long period when Pacific spiny dogfish and spiny dogfish were considered the same. For instance, the Jones & Ugland (2001) reference provides information on the Oslofjord region near Norway, and therefore shouldn't be considered representative of the species that occurs only in the Pacific.

--IGTaylor (talk) 00:44, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Major Editing!
Hello, fellow Wikipedians! My colleagues and I have been assigned to revise this Wikipedia article. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the article, please let us know! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pixiebranche (talk • contribs) 21:03, 9 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you for doing this. The improvements are much appreciated. As noted in my comment at the bottom of the talk page (not sure if talk pages read top to bottom or bottom to top), I encourage folks editing this page to be careful to not mix up information on Squalus suckleyi and Squalus acanthias. The section on "Human threats" is currently inaccurate because it is based on information from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, all of which is related to the spiny dogfish, not the Pacific spiny dogfish. More information about stock status and human threats to the Pacific spiny dogfish can be found at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/pacific-spiny-dogfish. --IGTaylor (talk) 21:55, 9 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Noting that the "Human threats" section now seems accurate (though a bit brief) after edits by myself and others. IGTaylor (talk) 01:50, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Finishing Touches
My colleagues and I fixed the sources so they would be linked to a website. Also, we fixed the issues presented by IGTaylor with the human threats portion. We used the source for Squalus suckleyi instead of Squalus acanthias. Otherwise, we just made minor word and source edits.


 * Thank you. The page is much improved. I further revised the Human threats section to remove remaining text that was specific to the different species found in the Atlantic. -IGTaylor (talk) 01:48, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Reproduction section based on wrong species
Current text in Pacific_spiny_dogfish is based on information about spiny dogfish in the Atlantic and needs updating to be specific to Pacific spiny dogfish. -IGTaylor (talk) 21:20, 12 July 2018 (UTC)