Kingdom Animalia Subclass Elasmobranchii Family Squalidae Scientific name Cirrhigaleus barbifer Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squaliformes Genus Cirrhigaleus Higher classification Cirrhigaleus | |
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Similar Cirrhigaleus, Roughskin spurdog, Longsnout dogfish, Shark, Ornate dogfish | ||
The mandarin dogfish, Cirrhigaleus barbifer, is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes. It is found at depths of 140–650 metres (460–2,130 ft) off southern Japan, Taiwan, and Indonesia (Bali and Lombok). Populations off Australia and New Zealand were formerly included in this species, but in 2007 these were assigned to a new species, C. australis. It is not clear which of these species is involved in other populations from the tropical West Pacific.
In March 2013 it was announced that two sharks caught near Rottnest Island off the coast of Western Australia in 2011 had been identified as Cirrhigaleus barbifer.
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