Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Dalatiidae Sleeper sharks

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9 species (see list below)

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

Dalatias licha
[Kitefin shark]

Photo by FAO

Euprotomicroides zantedeschia
[Taillight shark]

Photo by FAO

Euprotomicrus bispinatus
[Pygmy shark]

Photo by FAO

Heteroscymnoides marleyi
[Longnose pygmy shark]

Photo by Harris, M.

Isistius brasiliensis
[Cookie cutter shark]

Photo by Sazima, I.

Isistius plutodus
[Largetooth cookiecutter shark]

Photo by FAO

Mollisquama parini
[Pocket shark]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Squaliolus aliae
[Smalleye pygmy shark]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Squaliolus laticaudus
[Spined pygmy shark]

9 Species of Family Dalatiidae
(Sleeper sharks)

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

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Dalatiidae Sleeper sharks(See list of species below)

Family: Dalatiidae Sleeper sharks

(See list of species below)