Mandarin Dogfish
Cirrhigaleus barbifer
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
The mandarin dogfish 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. Populations off Australia and New Zealand were formerly included in this species, but in 2007 these were assigned to a new species, the southern mandarin dogfish. It is not clear which of these species is involved in other populations from the tropical West Pacific.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Squalidae
- Genus
- Cirrhigaleus