Cação

English translation: dogfish

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Portuguese term or phrase:	Cação
English translation:	dogfish
Entered by:	Mike Davison

18:58 Aug 28, 2008

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / FISH

Portuguese term or phrase: Cação

A fish from the shark family

Mike Davison KudoZ activity Questions: 486 (2 open) (8 without valid answers) (13 closed without grading) Answers: 0 Brazil
Local time: 23:24

dogfish

Explanation:
Toxicon : The spiny dogfish (‘cação-bagre’): description of an ... - [ Traduzir esta página ]The victim was male, 54-years-old, professional fisherman, that was injured after to handle a spiny dogfish of Squalus gender (the ‘cação-bagre’ or ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0041010105001054 - Páginas semelhantes
de V Haddad Jr - 2005 - Todas as 4 versões
Toxicon : The spiny dogfish (Squalus cubensis/megalops group): The ... - [ Traduzir esta página ]The victim was a 54-year-old professional fisherman injured after handling a spiny dogfish of the genus Squalus (called the ‘cação-bagre’ or ‘shark-catfish’ ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0041010105002709 - Páginas semelhantes

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Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Cuban ... - [ Traduzir esta página ]English language common names include Cuban dogfish and puppyshark dogfish. Other common names include aiguillat cubain (French), cação (Portuguese), ...
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/gallery/Descript/CubanDogfish/CubanD... - 20k -

Selected response from:

María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
Local time: 21:24

Grading comment

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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

dogfish

María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda

smooth dogfish/spiny dogfish/grayfish/bowfin/spurdog

Joon Oh

smooth hound

Paul Dixon

a species of shark

Claudio Mazotti

4 -1

bull shark

Carlos Quandt

Smooth dogfish or (syn.) smooth hound

Rachel Fell

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

14 mins confidence:

a species of shark

Explanation:
Total mercury contents in shark species commercialized in São Paulo-SP, Brazil. Total mercury contents in shark species - anjo, cação-azul, cambeva, caçoa, ...
www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0101-20611999000300024&script
=sci_arttext

This work, known as Projeto Cação (Cação is a Portuguese name for shark, ... One of the most common shark species caught by artisanal fisheries during the ...
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Organizations/SSG/sharknews/sn14/sha...

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

dogfish

María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
Local time: 21:24
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks very much.

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

bull shark

Explanation:
http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Carcharhinus_leucas/

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Note added at 34 mins (2008-08-28 19:33:07 GMT)
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More generally, a type o Requiem Shark:

The requiem sharks refer to all members of the Carcharhinidae family that includes a family of migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas, sometimes also found in brackish or fresh water, such as the tiger shark, blue shark, bull shark, and milk shark. The name comes from the French word for shark, requin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_shark

A common type in Brazil:
The Brazilian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon lalandii, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 13° N and 33° S, at depths of between 3 and 70 m. Its length is up to about 77 cm.
The Brazilian sharpnose shark inhabits shallow coastal waters, on sandy and muddy bottoms, and is not normally found in lagoons and estuaries. It feeds on small bony fishes, including sardines and anchovies, also shrimp and squid. It is viviparous, having 1 to 4 young in a litter with size at birth 33 to 34 cm. Its flesh is highly appreciated and is marketed dried salted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_sharpnose_shark

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Note added at 38 mins (2008-08-28 19:37:11 GMT)
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In fact, many different types are called "cação" in Brazil; I'd probabbly go with the "sharpnose"...

Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 00:24
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 6

10 hrs confidence:

smooth dogfish/spiny dogfish/grayfish/bowfin/spurdog

Explanation:
There are many names for cação, please see http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/gallery/descript/smoothdogfish...
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/SpinyDogfish/...
http://www.answers.com/topic/bowfin
http://www.efsa.co.uk/record/spurdog.htm

Joon Oh
Brazil
Local time: 23:24
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Korean,

Portuguese

18 hrs confidence:

Smooth dogfish or (syn.) smooth hound

Explanation:
according to Alan Davidson fish book and the site below:

Species: Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815)
synonym for Mustelus mustelus (Atlantic Smooth Dogfish)
Smoothhound, Smooth Hound, Smooth Dogfish, Smooth Dog, Nurse Shark, Grayfish, Dusky Smooth-hound, Dusky Smoothhound, Dusky Smooth Hound, Dogfish, Atlantic Smooth Dogfish

Sebastião, João-dias, Canejo, Cação-torrador, Cação-sebastião, Cação-fiúzo, Cação-fiúso, Cação-de-bico-doce, Cação-bico-doce, Cação-angolista, Cação Cachorro, Cação, Bodinho, Bico Doce, Tolo, Tubarão Angolista

http://us.mirror.gbif.org/species/13546466

see page 3:
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/por66243.pdf

though here it says it can also be applied to Mustelus asterias, known as the Stellate smooth hound below and in my above-mentioned fish book
http://us.mirror.gbif.org/species/13541820/

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

18 hrs confidence:

smooth hound

Explanation:
From SBS Visual Dictionary, page 158.

The definition of "cação" is quite varied, depending on which dictionary you use:

TAYLOR, J.L. - Portuguese - English Dictionary (page 120): A shark.

DICIONÁRIO MICHAELIS TRILÍNGÜE (page 41): Shark.

AURÉLIO (page 244): "Designação comum a todos os peixes elasmobrânquios com fendas branquiais laterais e corpo piciforme, de tamanho médio ou pequeno e cuja carne, embora de má qualidade, é consumida pelo povo."

(I personally can not imagine why Aurélio considers it to be "de má qualidade" - it is one of my favourite fish, especially when my darling wife cooks it for me, either fried or in sauce, with that extra touch of love that not even the best restaurant can provide).

Reference: http://www.efsa.co.uk/record/smooth.htm
Reference: http://web.cyberia.net.lb/lebscuba/english/sharks/smoothhoun...

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 23:24
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

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