Small-spotted catshark

The small-spotted catshark, also known as the sandy dogfish, lesser-spotted dogfish, rough-hound or morgay, is a species of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae. It is found on the continental shelves and uppermost continental slopes from Norway and the British Isles south to Senegal and throughout the Mediterranean, typically over sandy, gravelly or muddy bottoms from a few meters down to about 400 meters, and can grow to about one meter in length and weigh more than two kilograms. It is one of the most abundant elasmobranchs in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, and most of its populations are considered stable.