Northern spiny dogfish

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

The northern spiny dogfish, also known as brown dogfish, grey spiny dogfish, or Griffin's dogfish (Squalus griffini) is a dogfish described in 1931. It is a member of the family Squalidae, found off New Zealand. The length of the longest specimen measured is 89.9 cm (35.4 in).[2]

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.
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