Cirrhigaleus australis

SPECIES

1. KingdomAnimalia
2. PhylumChordata
3. ClassElasmobranchii
4. OrderSqualiformes
5. FamilySqualidae

Habitatmarine

Figs 1-4; Table 1 Cirrhigaleus barbifer : (not Tanaka) Last and Stevens, 1994, Sharks and rays of Australia, pp 48, 68, figs 8.11, pi. 6; Bass, 1979, Records of little-known sharks from Australian waters, pp 250, 251, fig. 3. Holotype . CSIROH 5789-01 , female 970 mm TL, east of Bicheno , Tasmania , 41°55'S , 148°37'E , 360-414 m , 18 May 2002 . Paratypes . 3 specimens. AMSI 19154-001 , female 713 mm TL, off Brush Island , New South Wales , 35°34'S , 150°45'E , 493 m , 6 July 1976 ; AMSI 27022-001 , female 1230 mm TL, northeast of Sydney , New South Wales , 33°00'S , 152°00'E , 640 m , March 1986 ; AMSI 42891-001 , female 1124 mm TL, southeast of Green Cape , New South Wales , 37°30'S , 150°30'E , 400 m , 3 November 2003 . Diagnosis. A moderately large dogfish of the genus Cirrhigaleus with the following combination of characters: body very robust, trunk depth 11.8-14.2% TL; eyes relatively small, length 1.37-1.49 in horizontal preorbital length; upper labial furrows relatively short, 7.09-8.15 times mouth width; first dorsal fin moderately large, slightly raked, posterior margin 9.1-10.9% TL; second dorsal similar in size to first dorsal fin, raked, height 1.70-1.91 times its leng

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