Article Nº 0650 Fish Vol. I · p. 353
Cação (Galeus canis)
A cartilaginous fish of the requiem-shark family, somewhat rare in Madeiran waters and of mediocre quality. It is called bico doce do baixo in Porto Santo, while the fish Portuguese fishermen call cação is known in Madeira as caneja.
A cartilaginous fish of the family Carchariidae, somewhat rare in the seas around Madeira. It is usually caught in the coastal zone and, like the great majority of dogfish and sharks, is considered of mediocre quality. On Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’) it is called bico doce do baixo.
The cação of the fishermen of Portugal is the shark that in Madeira is given the name caneja.
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