Northern spiny dogfish

Northern spiny dogfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae
Genus: Squalus
Species:
S. griffini
Binomial name
Squalus griffini
Phillipps, 1931

The northern spiny dogfish (Squalus griffini), also known as the brown dogfish, grey spiny dogfish or Griffin's dogfish, is a marine species of the family Squalidae, found off New Zealand's North Island. The length of the longest specimen measured is 89.9 cm (35.4 in).[2]

In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the northern spiny dogfish as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[3]

References

  1. ^ Duffy, C.A.J.; Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Squalus griffini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T195487A116740549. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T195487A116740549.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Squalus griffini". FishBase. October 2016 version.
  3. ^ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 11. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.
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