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Family: Dalatiidae Sleeper sharks



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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 182 cm TL
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788)

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Dalatias licha
[Kitefin shark]

Photo by FAO

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 42 cm TL
Euprotomicroides zantedeschia Hulley & Penrith, 1966

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Euprotomicroides zantedeschia
[Taillight shark]

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Circumglobal
Max. Length 30.5 cm TL
Euprotomicrus bispinatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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Euprotomicrus bispinatus
[Pygmy shark]

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Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 29 cm TL
Heteroscymnoides marleyi Fowler, 1934

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Heteroscymnoides marleyi
[Longnose pygmy shark]

Photo by Harris, M.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 56 cm TL
Isistius brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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Isistius brasiliensis
[Cookie cutter shark]

Photo by Sazima, I.

Atlantic
Max. Length 42.3 cm TL
Isistius plutodus Garrick & Springer, 1964

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Isistius plutodus
[Largetooth cookiecutter shark]
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Max. Length 14.2 cm TL
 
Mollisquama mississippiensis
[American pocket shark]

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Southeast Pacific

Mollisquama parini Dolganov, 1984

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Mollisquama parini
[Pocket shark]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Squaliolus aliae Teng, 1959

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Squaliolus aliae
[Smalleye pygmy shark]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Nearly circumtropical. W
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Squaliolus laticaudus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

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Squaliolus laticaudus
[Spined pygmy shark]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Dalatias licha Kitefin shark Western Atlantic 182 TL 1788
Euprotomicroides zantedeschia Taillight shark Southeast Atlantic 42 TL 1966
Euprotomicrus bispinatus Pygmy shark Circumglobal 30.5 TL 1824
Heteroscymnoides marleyi Longnose pygmy shark Southeast Atlantic 29 TL 1934
Isistius brasiliensis Cookie cutter shark Western Atlantic 56 TL 1824
Isistius plutodus Largetooth cookiecutter shark Atlantic 42.3 TL 1964
Mollisquama mississippiensis American pocket shark Western Central Atlantic 14.2 TL 2019
Mollisquama parini Pocket shark Southeast Pacific 1984
Squaliolus aliae Smalleye pygmy shark Western Pacific 22 TL 1959
Squaliolus laticaudus Spined pygmy shark Nearly circumtropical. W 25 TL 1912



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