Species Squalus griffini Phillipps, 1931
Northern Spiny Dogfish
- Squalus griffini Phillipps, W.J. 1931. New species of piked dogfish. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 12(6): 360-361 [360].
Type data:
Holotype NMNZ P.662, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand.
Generic Combinations
- Flakeus griffini (Phillipps, 1931). —
Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [138] (changed combination; New Zealand; holotype figured)
Introduction
Records of the species from Australia are based on misidentifications of other species (Duffy & Last 2007).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Coral Sea east of Brisbane, and South-west Pacific (Kermadec Ils along Norfolk and Louisville ridges to New Zealand and Campbell Plateau), subtropical.
IMCRA
Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
131–616 m.
General References
Duffy, C.A.J. & Last, P.R. 2007. Part 9 – Redescription of the Northern Spiny Dogfish Squalus griffini Phillipps, 1931 from New Zealand. pp. 91-100 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new dogfishes of the genus Squalus (Squaloidea: Squalidae). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 14: 1-130 [91] (removed from synonymy of Squalus mitsukurii)
Common Name References
Duffy, C.A.J. & Last, P.R. 2007. Part 9 – Redescription of the Northern Spiny Dogfish Squalus griffini Phillipps, 1931 from New Zealand. pp. 91-100 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new dogfishes of the genus Squalus (Squaloidea: Squalidae). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 14: 1-130 [91] (Northern Spiny Dogfish)
History of changes
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