Dalatias licha

Author
Bonnaterre, 1788
Common Names
  • Kitefin Shark
  • Black Shark
  • Seal Shark

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Min Depth
40 meters
Max Depth
1800 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Worldwide. Fla, Gulf of Mexico
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • mesopelagic
References

  • Compagno, L. J. V. 1984. Sharks of the world. In FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4, Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis 125 (4, parts 1 and 2). FAO, Rome, 1–655.

  • Compagno, L. J. V. 2002. Sharks. Pp. 358–505 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 1: Introduction, mollusks, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-12-2024.

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