1. Smooth Dogfish
By Brenden

2. Table of Contents Smooth Dogfish’s traits Smooth Dogfish are different
Diet of The Smooth Dogfish
Habitat of the Dogfish
The life cycle
Wrapping it up
Vocabulary
Resources

3. Smooth dogfish's traits
Not aggressive.
Usually can be found near the bottom 200 yards out.
Prefers warm water, over 50 degrees.
Awake at night.
They migrate in packs.

4. Smooth Dogfish versus Sharks
Large schooling sharks.
Has a hooked tail.
Can change its shade to match surroundings.
Blunt teeth.
Has a anal fin.
Spine on dorsal fin.
Sharp teeth.

5. Cause/Effect
Small cement like teeth grind their food because their diet involves lobsters which have hard shells.
Crustaceans are another thing that they eat.

6. The habitat of the Dogfish

7. Life of a smooth dogfish
First the pups are born live and swim with their mom.
10 or 12 months later they leave their mom and set off for a mate.
The female dogfish finds a male and starts the cycle over again.
Females live up to 16 years. Males usually only up to 10.

8. Summary: Smooth Dogfish
They are different.
They have blunt teeth.
They live 200 yards off shore in the Gulf of Mexico, England, and the Bay of Fundy.
They eat crustaceans .
They stay with their mother for 10 to 12 months.

9. Glossary Word Different Hooked Diet Cycle Habitat Meaning Not the same
Curved
What you eat
To repeat over and over
The place and natural conditions in which a plant or an animals lives.

10. Bibliography Enatuer.com new-brunswick.com flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/ - map
gma.org/fogm/mustelus_canis.htm
EYEWITNESS BOOKS SHARK , Miranda Macquitty
Sharkpedia, Nancy Ellwood
Sharks , Skates, and Rays , Glenn R. Parsons