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Dalatiidae 
AphiaID: 105714

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Squaliformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Squaliformes
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English sleeper sharks  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810
Subfamily Etmopterinae
Genus Euprotomicroides Hulley & Penrith, 1966
Genus Euprotomicrus Gill, 1865
Genus Heteroscymnoides Fowler, 1934
Genus Isistius Gill, 1865
Genus Mollisquama
Subfamily Oxynotinae
  » Genus Centrina Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Oxynotus Rafinesque, 1810
Subfamily Somniosinae
  » Genus Laemargus Müller & Henle, 1837 accepted as Somniosus Lesueur, 1818
Genus Squaliolus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Genus Tristius (nomen nudum)

Subfamily Dalatiinae accepted as Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810
  » Genus Scymnorhinus Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Leius accepted as Isistius Gill, 1865
Genus Lemurgus accepted as Limnurgus Günther, 1866 accepted as Girardinichthys Bleeker, 1860
Genus Limnurgus Günther, 1866 accepted as Girardinichthys Bleeker, 1860
Genus Pseudoscymnus accepted as Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Scymnus accepted as Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105714
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Dalatiidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105714 on 2013-06-20
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