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Squalidae
mandarin dogfish
Cirrhigaleus barbifer
Each uterus holds five developing embryos
mandarin dogfish is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 126 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Dogfish Sharks
- Family
- Squalidae
- Genus
- Cirrhigaleus
- Maximum length
- 126 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: southeastern Honshu in Japan, New South Wales in Australia, New Zealand, and Torres Island in Vanuatu.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

