Dalatiidae
| Dalatiidae | |
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| Kitefin shark, Dalatias licha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Dalatiidae J. E. Gray, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Squalus licha Bonnaterre, 1788
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| Diversity | |
| Eight genera, 13 species, See text. | |
The Dalatiidae are the family of kitefin Dalatias licha). Members of this family are small, under 2 m (6.6 ft) long, and are found worldwide.
They have cigar-shaped bodies with narrow heads and rounded snouts. Several species have specialized monotypic.
Genera and species
- Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810
- Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) (kitefin shark)
- †Dalatias orientalis (Malyshkina et al., 2022)[3]
- Euprotomicroides Hulley and M. J. Penrith, 1966
- Euprotomicroides zantedeschiaHulley and M. J. Penrith, 1966 (tail-light shark)
- Euprotomicrus T. N. Gill, 1865
- , 1824) (pygmy shark)
- Heteroscymnoides Fowler, 1934
- Heteroscymnoides marleyiFowler, 1934 (longnose pygmy shark)
- Isistius T. N. Gill, 1865
- Isistius brasiliensis(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (cookiecutter shark)
- Isistius plutodus Garrick & S. Springer, 1964 (largetooth cookiecutter shark)
- Mollisquama Dolganov, 1984
- Mollisquama pariniDolganov, 1984 (pocket shark)
- Mollisquama mississippiensis Grace, Doosey, Denton, Naylor, Bart & Maisey, 2019 (American pocket shark)
- Squaliolus H. M. Smith and Radcliffe, 1912
- Teng, 1959 (smalleye pygmy shark)
- Squaliolus laticaudusH. M. Smith and Radcliffe, 1912 (spined pygmy shark)
- †Eosqualiolus Adnet, 2006
- †Eosqualiolus aturensis Adnet, 2006
- †Eosqualiolus skrovinai Underwood & Schlogl, 2012
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Dalatias licha -
Isistius brasiliensis -
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Squaliolus laticaudus -
Euprotomicrus bispinatus
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See also
- List of fish families
- Deep sea fish
References
- doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00812.x.)
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External links
- Dalatiidae in Fishesofaustralia.net.au Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine