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title: "Stekelruwhaai"
description: "Oxynotus bruniensis — Vissen. The prickly dogfish (Oxynotus bruniensis) is a poorly known species of dogfish shark in the family Oxynotidae, inhabiting temperate Australian and New Zealand waters."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/prickly-dogfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Stekelruwhaai

> Oxynotus bruniensis — Vissen. The prickly dogfish (Oxynotus bruniensis) is a poorly known species of dogfish shark in the family Oxynotidae, inhabiting temperate Australian and New Zealand waters.

- Scientific name: *Oxynotus bruniensis*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3
- Wikidata: [Q686123](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q686123)
- iNaturalist taxon: [108110](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/108110)

## Names

- en: Prickly Dogfish
- de: Stachelige Meersau
- es: Cerdo marino espinoso
- nl: Stekelruwhaai

## Summary

The prickly dogfish (Oxynotus bruniensis) is a poorly known species of dogfish shark in the family Oxynotidae, inhabiting temperate Australian and New Zealand waters. Reaching a length of 75 cm (30 in), this brown to gray shark has a very thick body with a prominent "humpback" and extremely rough skin. It is further characterized by two enormous, sail-like dorsal fins placed relatively close together. Both dorsal fins have a spine embedded mostly within the fleshy leading portion of the fin; the first dorsal spine is tilted forward.
Found near the sea floor over outer continental and insular shelves and upper slopes…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prickly_dogfish

## Photo

![Stekelruwhaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/prickly-dogfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program · Public domain · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/108110

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/prickly-dogfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).