Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Squalidae Dogfish sharks

Genus: Cirrhigaleus

(See list of species below)


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3 species (see list below)
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Photo by Harris, M.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 120 cm TL
Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett, 1973)

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Cirrhigaleus asper
[Roughskin spurdog]

Photo by Graham, K.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 123 cm TL
Cirrhigaleus australis White, Last & Stevens, 2007

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Cirrhigaleus australis
[Southern Mandarin Dogfish]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 126 cm TL
Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka, 1912

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Cirrhigaleus barbifer
[Mandarin dogfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cirrhigaleus asper Roughskin spurdog Western Atlantic 120 TL 1973
Cirrhigaleus australis Southern Mandarin Dogfish Pacific Ocean 123 TL 2007
Cirrhigaleus barbifer Mandarin dogfish Western Pacific 126 TL 1912



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