Voracious shark splintered bargepole (9)

I believe the answer is:

porbeagle

'voracious shark' is the definition.
(porbeagle is a type of shark)

'splintered bargepole' is the wordplay.
'splintered' is an anagram indicator.
'bargepole' anagrammed gives 'PORBEAGLE'.

(Other definitions for porbeagle that I've seen before include "Swimmer" , "Shark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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