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Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka, 1912

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Anal spines: 0. Recognized by its tremendous, mandarin-like nasal barbels (Ref. 247).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Squaliformes

Family: Squalidae

Genus: Cirrhigaleus

Species: Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka, 1912

Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: southeastern Honshu in Japan, New South Wales in Australia, New Zealand, and Torres Island in Vanuatu.

    • Biology

    Found on the uppermost continental and insular slopes, and probably the outer continental-insular shelves (Ref. 31367). Probably feeds on bottom fishes and some invertebrates (Ref. 247). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205), with 10 pups in a litter (Ref. 247). Although not utilized commercially, the liver is relatively high in squalene oil (Ref. 6871).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal