Mandarin dogfish
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| Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka, 1912 |
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 Range of the Mandarin dogfish (in blue)
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The mandarin dogfish, Cirrhigaleus barbifer, is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes. It is found in the Western Pacific, from southeastern Honshū in Japan, to New South Wales in Australia, New Zealand, and the Torres Islands in Vanuatu, on the uppermost continental and insular slopes, and probably the outer continental-insular shelves. Its length is up to 125 cm.
The mandarin dogfish is distinguished by its tremendous, mandarin-like nasal barbels. It probably feeds on bottom fishes and some invertebrates. Its reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 10 pups in a litter.
Although not utilized commercially, the liver is relatively high in squalene oil.
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- "Cirrhigaleus barbifer". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
