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Mandarin Dogfish
Cirrhigaleus australis
- Usual depth387–560 m
- Water temperature15–24 °C
- Best monthsNovember
- How commonRare
About this species
The southern Mandarin dogfish 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 reefs near Australia in 2007. It is now known to live in the temperate waters in south-eastern Australia and from the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand, at depths of 146–640 metres.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Southern Mandarin dogfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 11 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 387–560 m · Deepest record: 560 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–24 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Mandarin Dogfish, Mandarin Shark, Southern Mandarin Dogfish, Southern Mandarin Shark
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Südlicher Mandarinschnauz-Dornhai
Similar species
Roughskin dogfishCirrhigaleus asper
Mandarin dogfishCirrhigaleus barbifer
Shortnose spurdogSqualus megalops
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 51 open-data records from 1976 to 2011.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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