Northern spiny dogfish


The northern spiny dogfish, also known as brown dogfish, grey spiny dogfish, or Griffin's dogfish 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.
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.