Kermadec spiny dogfish

Kermadec spiny dogfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Squalidae
Genus:	Squalus
Species:	S. raoulensis
Binomial name
Squalus raoulensis Duffy & Last, 2007

The Kermadec spiny dogfish (Squalus raoulensis) is a dogfish described in 2007. It is a member of the family Squalidae, found off the Kermadec Islands. The length of the longest specimen measured is 68.1 cm (26.8 in).^[2]

In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the Kermadec spiny dogfish as "Data Deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.^[3]

References

1. Duffy, C.A.J.; Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M. (2018). "Squalus raoulensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T161469A116738328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161469A116738328.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Squalus raoulensis". 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.