''Cirrhigaleus'' is a

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shark Sharks are a group of elasmobranch cartilaginous fish characterized by a ribless endoskeleton, dermal denticles, five to seven gill slits on each side, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the ...

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Squalidae Squalidae, more commonly known as dogfish, dog sharks, or spiny dogfish, are one of several families of sharks categorized under Squaliformes, making it the second largest order of sharks, numbering 119 species across 7 families. Having earned ...

(dogfish)

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Squaliformes The Squaliformes are an order of sharks that includes about 126 species in seven families. Members of the order have two dorsal fins, which usually possess spines, they usually have a sharp head, no anal fin or nictitating membrane, and fi ...

order.

Species

* '' Cirrhigaleus asper'' Merrett, 1973 (roughskin spurdog) * ''

Cirrhigaleus australis The southern Mandarin dogfish (''Cirrhigaleus australis'') is a species of Mandarin dogfish shark in the genus ''Cirrhigaleus''. It was distinguished from ''Cirrhigaleus barbifer'', which lives in the North Pacific, on an expedition in the coral ...

'' W. T. White,

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& Stevens, 2007 (southern mandarin dogfish) * ''

Cirrhigaleus barbifer The mandarin dogfish (''Cirrhigaleus barbifer'') is a Squaliformes, dogfish, a member of the family (biology), family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes. It is found at depths of off southern Japan, Taiwan, and Indonesia (Bali and Lombok). Pop ...

'' S. Tanaka (I), 1912 (mandarin dogfish)

References

* Shark genera Taxa named by Shigeho Tanaka {{shark-stub