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<mods:title id="D64CDED509D3D7036E172541211BD38F">Cirrhigaleus australis n. sp., a new Mandarin dogfish (Squaliformes: Squalidae) from the south-west Pacific.</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName id="F516ACA7D8E5561A9EB4566636AC4372" ID-CoL="VGNZ" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">Cirrhigaleus australis</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="29A924DCC18DDFDBDDDC1DE31B16646F" pageNumber="20">Southern Mandarin Dogfish</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="343A820AF3B754EA9109D261159A23AF" pageNumber="20">Figs 1-4; Table 1</paragraph>
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: (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.
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.
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, female 970 mm TL,
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<materialsCitation id="F0CFDF235F6007976871E53DF693E78F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923903844" collectingDate="1976-07-06" collectionCode="AMS" country="Australia" latitude="-35.566666" location="off Brush Island, 493 m depth" longitude="150.75" specimenCode="I 19154 - 001" stateProvince="New South Wales" typeStatus="Paratype">
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. 3 specimens.
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, female 713 mm TL,
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<location id="2BCB63C4191587FC210EEB8E0DD9E52A" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:94D47905FB2858E1CAEE60FE751CE49D:2BCB63C4191587FC210EEB8E0DD9E52A" country="Australia" latitude="-35.566666" longitude="150.75" name="493 m" stateProvince="New South Wales">493 m</location>
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, female 1230 mm TL,
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<location id="B32C228434C797D7B8254B3B17AAEF22" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:94D47905FB2858E1CAEE60FE751CE49D:B32C228434C797D7B8254B3B17AAEF22" country="Australia" latitude="-33.0" longitude="152.0" name="640 m" stateProvince="New South Wales">640 m</location>
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<collectingDate id="8A2FF55514859210E1473CF98083AD19" month="03" value="1986-03" year="1986">March 1986</collectingDate>
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<specimenCode id="B10D3F086A424BA1C863FDDF85F50072">I 42891-001</specimenCode>
, female 1124 mm TL,
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<location id="0AF7000932D8D683C419364ACCEF0EBA" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:94D47905FB2858E1CAEE60FE751CE49D:0AF7000932D8D683C419364ACCEF0EBA" country="Australia" latitude="-37.5" longitude="150.5" name="400 m" stateProvince="New South Wales">400 m</location>
,
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<collectingDate id="073807E544F4E403667BFA1E4D597E2A" day="03" month="11" value="2003-11-03" year="2003">3 November 2003</collectingDate>
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.
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Diagnosis. A moderately large dogfish of the genus
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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 length, posterior margin 8.0-8.9% TL; first dorsal spine long, its exposed length 4.6-5.7% TL, 5.48-6.43 times in pectoral -pelvic space, its apex located just below apex of fin; second dorsal spine long, its exposed length 4.6-6.0% TL, 4.95-6.08 times in pectoral -pelvic space, 3.08-4.24 times in prepectoral length, its apex located at about level of fin apex; pectoral fins moderately large, inner margin 7.0-8.0% TL; prepectoral length 1.47-1.89 times distance from pectoral-fin insertion to first dorsal-fin midbase; flank denticles with three primary cusps, lateral cusps often with cusplets; 50 monospondylous centra, 85 precaudal centra, 114-115 total centra; maximum size at least 123 cm TL.
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<paragraph id="515F740025CA3957DB95EF6512BEA981" pageNumber="21">Description. Body fusiform, robust, nape strongly humped; deepest near first dorsal-fin base, maximum depth 1.03 (0.85-1.01) times width; trunk depth 0.88 (0.93-0.95) times abdomen depth; head relatively short, 19.5 (19.1-19.8)% TL. Tail moderately elongate, subcircular in cross-section anteriorly, tapering slightly to second dorsal fin; tapering more rapidly beyond second dorsal fin, becoming broadly semicircular posteriorly; dorsal groove weakly developed, broad, very shallow; ventral groove well developed, broad, shallow, with weak medial ridge visible anteriorly; lateral keels very well developed, originating slightly posterior to level of insertion of second dorsal fin, terminating about three quarters of an eye length behind dorsal caudal-fin origin; pelvic -caudal space 1.67 (1.57-1.62) in pectoral -pelvic space, 1.00 (0.98-1.12) in prepectoral length; dorsal -caudal space 2.90 (2.50-2.82) in interdorsal length; dorsal caudal pit very weak, ventral caudal pit absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="65DB09F5C4D2A907D29C0F1C4A72991A" pageNumber="21">Head depressed, more flattened dorsally than ventrally, broad, width 1.06 (1.09-1.14) times trunk width, 1.07 (1.01-1.20) times abdomen width; becoming subtriangular in cross-section towards pectoral-fin origin; length 2.86 (2.72-3.03) in pre-vent length; height 0.83 (0.68-0.73) times width. Snout flattened dorsally, narrowly rounded ventrally, apex bluntly pointed; lateral prenarial margin broadly rounded, not forming a ridge; bluntly pointed, strongly tapered in dorsal view, horizontal length 1.49 (1.37-1.44) times eye length, 0.65 (0.60-0.65) times interorbital space; horizontal prenarial length 2.03 (0.97-2.10) times in preoral length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DA4F232EE6D4F3CD5DC8D981DCA75677" pageNumber="21">Eye oval, moderately large, length 5.49 (4.83-5.93) in head, 2.14 (2.29-3.29) times height; weakly notched posteriorly, notch deepest anteriorly, not connected to anteroventral margin of spiracle. Spiracle moderately large, almost semicircular, greatest diameter 2.54 (2.40-2.64) in eye length; fold on posterior margin rudimentary, broad-based. Gill openings almost upright; first four subequal in size, fifth longest, height of fifth slit 2.6 (2.23-2.52)% TL.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B6A8B629BCD0015E728A840CA45364F9" pageNumber="21">Mouth broad, upper jaw weakly concave, width 0.95 (0.99-1.06) in preoral length; postoral groove prominent, almost twice length of upper labial furrows, extending posterolaterally from angle of jaws. Teeth similar in upper and lower jaws; upper teeth unicuspid, interlocking, blade-like; cusps directed strongly laterally, low, base of tooth broader than length of cusp.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2CAB210F4FDB6239291C03858E8B5892" pageNumber="22">Nostrils large, suboval; anterior nasal flap length 5.2 (4.3-5.1)% TL, with greatly enlarged medial barbel; barbel extending past lower jaw (not quite reaching mouth in paratype AMS I 42891-001); posterior nasal flap large; internarial space 2.03 (1.88-2.06) in preoral length, 1.65 (1.70-2.06) times nostril length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EBC3453268F9F9BF44BF718444832084" pageNumber="22">Dermal denticles on flank small, strongly imbricate; mainly tricuspidate. Crowns broad, directed posterolaterally, more elevated posteriorly than anteriorly; with pronounced median ridge (~1.0 mm in length); median ridge most strongly elevated anteriorly, originating forward of rest of crown, extending full length of crown; weak mesial furrow developing anteriorly on median ridge and converging towards posterior tip of crown; lateral cusps short and variable, usually with single short, blunt lateral cusps or two very short blunt cusplets; crowns lacking elevated ridges laterally.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="32EFADD3666E94D78CAD13C87D6DBD36" pageNumber="22">First dorsal fin tall, slightly raked, bluntly pointed apically; base robust, fleshy; anterior margin weakly convex; posterior margin moderately concave, upper portion directed slightly posteroventrally from fin apex, point of deepest concavity near middle of margin; rear lobe of fin moderately deep basally, long; free rear tip sharply acute; inner margin of fin almost straight; insertion of fin base almost midway between pectoral-fin insertion and pelvic-fin origin; fin origin over pectoral-fin free rear tip; exposed spine base broad, 0.8 (0.9- 1.0)% TL, exposed anteriorly at about junction of spine and soft portion of fin; soft portion of fin connected at about a third of total spine length; spine tapering gradually distally (abraded apically in all types), anterior margin very weakly convex; exposed portion only slightly raked, subequal in length to exposed portion of second dorsal-fin spine; height of spine at apex much lower than soft portion of fin; pre-first dorsal length 3.34 (3.21-3.33) times in TL; first dorsal-fin length 1.70 (1.60-1.75) times its height, 1.05 (1.01-1.04) times second dorsal-fin length; first dorsal-fin height 1.07 (1.07-1.20) in second dorsal-fin height; exposed first dorsal spine length 0.61 (0.47-0.54) in height of fin.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="95FD3F434381BA288AC8225DDD5D4E13" lastPageNumber="23" pageNumber="22">Second dorsal fin large, raked; base very fleshy, much more thickened than first dorsal-fin base; anterior margin slightly convex, apex bluntly pointed; posterior margin strongly concave, maximum concavity about a third distance from free rear tip, upper portion almost straight, sloping very slightly anteroventrally from apex; free rear tip moderately elongate, acutely pointed; inner margin weakly convex, length 0.62 (0.56-0.69) times fin height; second dorsal-fin length 1.74 (1.70-1.91) times its height; spine length 0.63 (0.55-0.74) in height of fin; fin origin posterior to pelvic-fin insertion; origin of exposed dorsal spine posterior to free rear tip of pelvic fin; spine exposed near level of junction with soft portion of fin; exposed spine base broad, 0.9 (0.9- 1.0)% TL, spine tip when undamaged extending to about level of insertion of fin; soft portion and spine apices subequal in height (slightly shorter in paratype AMS I 42891-001); interdorsal ridge absent; interdorsal space 0.85 (0.86-0.91) in pre-pectoral length, 1.36 (1.40-1.53) in pre-first dorsal length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AAE32B5757B340EF84EEA99D8619A48B" pageNumber="23">Pectoral fin moderate in size, weakly falcate; anterior margin moderately convex; apex broadly pointed; posterior margin strongly concave; free rear tip broadly rounded; inner margin moderately convex, length 8.0 (7.1-7.9)% TL; base short, 2.95 (2.66-2.98) in length of anterior margin. Pelvic fins large, subtriangular; anterior margin weakly convex; posterior margin straight anteriorly with a subterminal notch (less apparent in paratypes); apex broadly rounded; free rear tip acute.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1459282C926B7B5EC60F24FCBEDBC91C" pageNumber="23">Caudal fin relatively long, broad lobed; upper caudal margin almost straight, tip bluntly pointed (similar to second dorsal-fin apex); preventral margin moderately convex, tip narrowly rounded; lower postventral margin short, almost upright, straight; caudal fork moderately concave; upper postventral margin strongly convex ventrally, with moderate concavity towards apex (less apparent in paratype AMS I 27022-001); dorsal caudal margin 0.91 (0.91-1.07) in head length; length of lower caudal lobe 1.61 (1.47-1.64) in upper lobe length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9EA32644381301928BF0AFB158101F75" pageNumber="23">Vertebral centra 115, monospondylous 50, precaudal 85 and caudal 30. Teeth (based on paratype AMS I 19154-001) in upper jaw 13+14=27, lower jaw 12+12=24.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="639102F365AE6A272EA3E82CB00016AE" pageNumber="23">Coloration. When fresh (based on holotype): dorsal surface of body uniformly medium greyish; ventral surface (from head to vent) mostly pale, with a few scattered darker blotches; nasal barbels almost uniformly pale; light and dark tonal areas most strongly demarcated on head, interface between them extending from snout to pectoral-fin base, passing well under eye through mid-gill slits. Dorsal fins mostly pale grey, with light and dark areas; upper posterior margin distinctly whitish, preceded by blackish submarginal bar, pattern extending from fin apex to point of maximum concavity; dark marginal streak extending from near first dorsal-fin apex to about insertion of exposed fin spine; additional white flecks on anterior margin of first dorsal fin in holotype (not apparent in paratypes); fin spines pale, greyish brown, most pronounced on anterior margins. Caudal fin mostly greyish; posterior margin with narrow white border, demarcated internally for its entire length by a blackish subterminal bar. In preservative (based on holotype): similar in coloration, but blackish markings on dorsal and caudal fins less apparent. Pectoral and pelvic fins on dorsal surfaces similar to upper body, but with narrow white posterior margins; ventral coloration slightly darker on posterior half of fin than on base.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2AAEF424DFE07D4F56B2E3627D71928F" pageNumber="23">
Size. Types consist of four females between 713 and 1230 mm TL. Two New Zealand specimens reported by Garrick &amp; Paul (1971), which may be conspecific with
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, were females (922 and 1082 mm TL).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="10EA66806502F0F0FF6311189FE11E24" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="B46D7EDDCAEE1E067CE12D73B3EA538E" pageNumber="23">Distribution. Type specimens collected from the mid-continental slope off southeastern Australia between Sydney (ca. 33°S) and eastern Tasmania (ca. 42°S) in depths of 360-640 m. New Zealand specimens were collected from the Bay of Plenty, North Island, in depths of 360 and 440 m (Garrick &amp; Paul, 1971).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="98B412F5B1A19F341CB585A38A798B2B" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="C60AE885742303C606FDD8BE229B3747" pageNumber="27">Etymology. Derived from the Latin australis in reference to the distribution of this species in the temperate Southern Hemisphere.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3BE5B055B7CDA587461F349068AB3D3F" pageNumber="27">Common name. We propose “Southern Mandarin Dogfish” in allusion to its well accepted genus group name and its southern distribution.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C28A2F47D779A1E6AFDF83B676995A55" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="A0DD08BAC22BB5BD852E1388C231A99A" pageNumber="27">Discussion</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AB67273E122CC8A3DDA6AEDF9E49B7EF" pageNumber="27">
The Mandarin sharks,
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and
<taxonomicName id="0E113256216B189CA6D48142589380C2" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3F8342AD-5B2F-4F36-BF56-A31609368E61" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka 1912:151" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barbifer">C. barbifer</taxonomicName>
, differ from their congener
<taxonomicName id="1F8F331277E43E91C778D9D3E5F54B06" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="asper">C. asper</taxonomicName>
, in possessing anterior nasal flaps with greatly elongated, moustache-like barbels that reach to (or almost to) the mouth rather than nasal flaps with very broad and short barbels that fall well short of the mouth.
<taxonomicName id="2E7916E8EB83690904141840794F4E6B" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">Cirrhigaleus australis</taxonomicName>
(Figs 1-4) can be distinguished from
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(Figs 5-8) in a number of morphometric characters: smaller eye (eye length 3.3-4.1 vs. 3.9-4.3% TL, 1.4-1.5 vs. 1.0-1.1 in horizontal preorbital length), longerbased and more falcate second dorsal fin (base length 9.8-10.0 vs. 7.7-9.1% TL; anterior margin 14.5-14.8 vs. 12.5-14.0% TL; height 7.5-8.7 vs. 8.8-9.6% TL, 1.7-1.9 vs. 1.4-1.6 in its total length), shorter dorsal spines (perpendicular height of first dorsal spine 7.6-8.0 vs. 8.3-10.4% TL; perpendicular height of second dorsal spine 7.5-8.5 vs. 9.5-10.6 TL; exposed second dorsal spine length 5.0-6.1 vs. 3.9-4.7 in pectoral -pelvic space), slightly shorter upper labial furrow (mouth width 7.1-9.1 vs. 6.0-6.7 times labial furrow length), and shorter prenasal snout (2.0-2.2 vs. 2.5-3.2 times horizontal prenasal length). Additional morphometric differences between
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and
<taxonomicName id="D2EFFF902FA64D193D594A1E50BDDDC4" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3F8342AD-5B2F-4F36-BF56-A31609368E61" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka 1912:151" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barbifer">C. barbifer</taxonomicName>
include: dorsal -caudal space 7.6-8.1 vs. 8.0-8.7% TL and pectoral posterior margin 12.3-13.0 vs. 10.6-11.8% TL. Vertebral counts for the two species were similar (precaudal centra 85-87 in
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vs. 84-86 in
<taxonomicName id="1BD603041F2DC35FB07ED83C8C4232FF" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3F8342AD-5B2F-4F36-BF56-A31609368E61" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka 1912:151" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barbifer">C. barbifer</taxonomicName>
; total centra 114-115 vs. 112-114).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="446B65E63EE666F08D2666DA0B3EBF9E" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="4C235EF801FFF1C63C3C961D245AF097" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3F8342AD-5B2F-4F36-BF56-A31609368E61" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka 1912:151" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barbifer">Cirrhigaleus barbifer</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 5) appears to have a more prominently humped nape than
<taxonomicName id="EE243754C24377404375F7F46149F52D" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">C. australis</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 1) but this may be related to posture or preservation. They also differ in dorsal coloration with
<taxonomicName id="DF08C36DE55F0D5630B5E9F4B83DAE73" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">C. australis</taxonomicName>
having a uniformly medium greyish colour compared to the darker brownish coloration of
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(see Fig. 5 and description by Herre, 1935).
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differs from Indonesian specimens of
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in the structure of the CO1 gene (B. Ward, CSIRO, pers. comm.). The flank denticles of the holotype of
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are much smaller than in the similarly-sized Indonesian
<taxonomicName id="83F1ABD9E181195C29CFDBDBE483E3E7" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3F8342AD-5B2F-4F36-BF56-A31609368E61" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka 1912:151" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barbifer">C. barbifer</taxonomicName>
(crowns ~1.0 vs. 1.3 mm in length; Figs 4 and 7).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5B159D0762AD5BE9EC76AC053F288F2A" pageNumber="27">
A single record from Vanuatu (Fourmanoir &amp; Rivaton, 1979) of a 950 mm TL individual cannot be accurately identified, due to the lack of adequate photographs or illustrations, as either
<taxonomicName id="BA7FEDDAB25487DB8AB61AE1BB917605" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">C. australis</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="A8B82627658DFDB0195033360DDB4390" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3F8342AD-5B2F-4F36-BF56-A31609368E61" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Squalidae" genus="Cirrhigaleus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka 1912:151" order="Squaliformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barbifer">C. barbifer</taxonomicName>
. Thus, further specimens from this region are required to confirm the true species involved.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B4DF55B28BAF0F199999A75EE4E87E48" pageNumber="29">Ontogenetic differences in morphometrics were observed between the smallest paratype (713 mm TL, AMS I 19154-001) and the three larger types (970-1230 mm TL). These include: prebranchial length 17.3 vs. 15.7-16.4% TL; prepelvic length 51.8 vs. 54.1-54.6% TL; pectoral -pelvic space 28.1 vs. 29.6-31.3% TL; pelvic -caudal space 17.5 vs. 18.7-19.0% TL; interorbital space 9.4 vs. 7.6-8.1% TL; eye length 4.1 vs. 3.3- 3.8% TL and exposed second dorsal spine length 4.6 vs. 5.2-6.0% TL.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2D587A6A3BDC549956288F14C385E3D4" pageNumber="29">
An Indonesian specimen of
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(CSIRO H 5875-09) differed from the Japanese specimens in some characters: exposed first dorsal spine length 8.0 vs. 5.0% TL, and distance from midpoint of first dorsal fin to pectoral-fin insertion 8.6 vs. 11.9-12.3% TL. Additional material and research is needed to test the conspecificity of Indonesian and Japanese populations.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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