Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group
Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group
Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group
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Oxynotus paradoxus Frade, 1929. Sailfin roughshark<br />
Northeast and Eastern Central Atlantic: Scotland to West Africa. FAO Areas 27, 34. Upper<br />
slope. 265-720m.<br />
Family Dalatiidae. Kitefin <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788). Kitefin shark<br />
Wide-ranging but patchy in the Atlantic, Indo-West and Central Pacific. FAO Areas 21, 27,<br />
31, 34, 37, 51, 57, 61, 71, 77, 87. Shelf and upper to deep slope. 37-1800m (mainly >200m).<br />
Euprotomicroides zantedeschia Hulley & Penrith, 1966. Taillight shark<br />
Patchy in the South Atlantic: off Brazil and southern Africa. FAO Areas 41, 47. Upper slope.<br />
Also epipelagic. 458-641m (when benthic), 0-25m (when pelagic).<br />
Euprotomicrus bispinatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Pygmy shark<br />
Wide-ranging but scattered records in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. FAO Areas 41, 47, 51,<br />
57, 61, 71, 77, 81, 87. Epipelagic, mesopelagic and bathypelagic. 0->1500m in water up to<br />
9938m deep.<br />
Heteroscymnoides marleyi Fowler, 1934. Longnose pygmy shark<br />
Scattered records in the southern Atlantic, Southeast Pacific and Southwest Indian. FAO<br />
Areas 47, 51, 87. Epipelagic and mesopelagic. 0-502m in water 830->4000m deep.<br />
Isistius brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Cookiecutter or cigar shark<br />
Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate waters. FAO Areas 31, 34, 41, 47, 51, 57, 61,<br />
67(?), 71, 77, 81, 87. Epipelagic, mesopelagic and bathypelagic. 0-3500m.<br />
Isistius labialis Meng, Chu & Li, 1985. South China cookiecutter shark<br />
Northwest Pacific: South China Sea. FAO Area 61. Mesopelagic over slope. 520m.<br />
Mollisquama parini Dolganov, 1984. Pocket shark<br />
Southeast Pacific: Nazca Submarine Ridge. FAO Area 87. Submarine ridges. 330m.<br />
Squaliolus aliae Teng, 1959. Smalleye pygmy shark<br />
Patchy in the Western Pacific and Eastern Indian. FAO Areas 57, 61, 71, 81. Epipelagic,<br />
mesopelagic and bathypelagic near land. 200-2000m.<br />
Squaliolus laticaudus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912. Spined pygmy shark<br />
Wide-ranging but scattered records in the Atlantic, Western Pacific and Western Indian. FAO<br />
Areas 27, 31, 34, 41, 51, 61, 71. Epipelagic and mesopelagic. 200-500m.<br />
Order Squatiniformes. Angelsharks.<br />
Family Squatinidae. Angelsharks.<br />
Squatina aculeata Dumeril, in Cuvier, 1817. Sawback angelshark<br />
Eastern Atlantic off West Africa, and the Western Mediterranean. FAO Areas 27, 34, 47.<br />
Shelf and upper slope. 30-500m.<br />
Squatina africana Regan, 1908. African angelshark<br />
Western Indian: East Africa. FAO Area 51. Shelf and upper slope. 0-494m (mainly 60-300m).<br />
Squatina argentina (Marini, 1930). Argentine angelshark<br />
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil to Argentina. FAO Area 41. Shelf and upper slope. 51-320m<br />
(mostly 120-320m).<br />
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