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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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