Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington—Nos. 54 to 57
Previous Accounts
Previous Accounts
Tanaka (1912, p. 151) established the new genus and species Cirrhigaleus barbifer in the Squalidae, based on one male specimen, 855 mm total length, obtained from the Tokyo Fish Market but stated by Tanaka to be from the Sagami Sea. Subsequently Herre (1935, p. 122) proposed another new genus and species, Phaenopogon barbulifer, for a second specimen, a female 555 mm long, from Misaki Bay, Japan. Herre at that time was not aware of Tanaka's account; when it was brought to his attention he synonymised P. barbulifer with C. barbifer in a brief paper the following year (1936, p. 59). Using the accounts of the first or both of these specimens, Garman (1913), Fowler (1941), and Bigelow and Schroeder (1948, 1957) made judgments on the generic status of Cirrhigaleus in relation to Squalus.