Christina --
Both you and Sheryl McPherson (via photo comment) nailed it. Thank you!
Indeed the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) is common in Portuguese waters and very appreciated in the southern Portugal gastronomy. Apparently since the Iron Age, at least.
-- MJ
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