Cirrhigaleus barbifer

Tanaka, 1912

Mandarin dogfish
Classification: Elasmobranchii Squaliformes Squalidae

Reference of the original description

Tanaka, S. (1912)
Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan, including the Riukiu Islands, Bonin Islands, Formosa, Kurile Islands, Korea, and southern Sakhalin. Figures and Descriptions of the Fishes of Japan, 9: 145–164

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Cirrhigaleus barbulifer, Phaenopogon barbulifer, Squalus barbifer

Types
Cirrhigaleus barbifer
Holotype: ZUMT: 3397;
Phaenopogon barbulifer
Holotype: SU: 13901

Description :

Citation: Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka, 1912: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024

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Common names
spa

Tollo mandarín, $fra $T$$ Squale moustache, eng

Mandarin dogfish, eng

Mandarin shark

Short Description
Recognized by its tremendous, mandarin-like nasal barbels [518].

Distribution
Western Pacific: southeastern Honshu in Japan, New South Wales in Australia, New Zealand, and Torres Island in Vanuatu. First record: 2013: Western Australia (Rottnest Island in Western Australia (32°03′S 115°21′E, WAM P.33376.001: one 986 mm TL mature male, one 1255 mm TL gravid female with 22 embryos) [17964]; Source: www.gbif.org

Human uses
fisheries: of no interest

Biology
Ovoviviparous with 10 young in a litter (5 per uterus). Found on the uppermost continental and insular slopes, and probably the outer continental-insular shelves.. Probably feeds on bottom fishes and some invertebrates.

Size / Weight / Age
126 cm TL (male/unsexed; [1388])

Habitat
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 140 - 650 m [578]

Dentition

Links: SEM-images of teeth

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=1467;

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