Northern spiny dogfish

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]

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

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. 2011. Squalus griffini. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T195487A8973462. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T195487A8973462.en. Downloaded on 21 October 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Squalus griffini" in FishBase. 10 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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