The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus,
      Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
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   Note: The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and
         Scyllium canicula) are very abundant; the American
         smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common
         picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
         abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.
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   2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
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   3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Squalus acanthias
    n 1: destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of
         America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes [syn:
         Atlantic spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias]