Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Dalatiidae Sleeper sharks

Genus: Dalatias

(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
                                                          Specify a country:
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)

1 species (see list below)

1 of 1 Jump to:

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

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 182 cm TL
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Dalatias licha
[Kitefin shark]
1 Species of Family Dalatiidae with Genus Dalatias
(Sleeper sharks)
Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1788 Dalatias licha Kitefin shark Western Atlantic 182 TL



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013