Lesser spotted dogfish
Scyliorhinus canicula · Sharks and dogfish
Also called dogfish, lsd, doggie, rough hound
A small, slim, spotty catshark found on all British and Irish coasts, often over sand and mud. Anglers meet it on almost any bottom-fishing mark.[1]
How to recognise it
- Small and slim, sandy brown to greyish with many small dark spots, and a cream underside.[2]
- The nasal furrows run all the way to the mouth. In bull huss they stop short, so check the nose.[3]
- Many small spots, where bull huss has fewer, larger ones. Anything over about 5lb is almost certainly a bull huss.[3]
When and where
Sources
- MarLIN: Small-spotted catshark
- Shark Trust: Smallspotted Catshark
- British Sea Fishing: Lesser-spotted dogfish and bull huss
- Planet Sea Fishing: Lesser spotted dogfish
These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.