(Dalatiidae)
Kitefin Sharks
Змієподібні акули
The Dalatiidae are the family of kitefin sharks of the order Squaliforme. Members of this family are small, under 2 m long. They are found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide across the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. They have cigar-shaped bodies with narrow heads and rounded snouts. Several species have specialized bioluminescent organs. Though eight genera are in this family, three of them are monotypic.
Several species lead a semi-deep-sea lifestyle and are typically found at depths of up to 4,000 m. They feed on small fish, as well as benthic crustaceans and mollusks. These sharks are oviparous.
(Dalatias licha)
Kitefin Shark
Акула чорна
It is found sporadically around the world, usually close to the sea floor at depths of 200–600 m.
(Euprotomicrus bispinatus)
Pygmy Shark
Акула карликова
It is found in warm waters throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and in limited areas of the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and near the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, at depths of up to 1,800 m.
(Euprotomicroides zantedeschia)
Taillight Shark
Акула світлохвоста
It is found in the southern Atlantic Ocean off South Africa and Uruguay, at depths of up to 205 m.
(Heteroscymnoides marleyi)
Longnose Pygmy Shark
Довгоноса карликова акула
It has been caught in the western Indian Ocean off eastern KwaZulu-Natal, in the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean near the Walvis Ridge, and in the south-western Pacific Ocean off Chile, at depths of 500–4,000 m.
(Isistius brasiliensis)
Smalltooth Cookiecutter
Сигарна акула бразильська
It inhabits all of the world’s major tropical and warm-temperate oceanic basins and is most common between 20°N and 20°S, where surface water temperatures range from 18 to 26 °C, at depths of up to 3,700 m.
(Isistius plutodus)
Largetooth Cookiecutter Shark
Сигарна акула великозуба
It is found in the Gulf of Mexico near Alabama (United States), off northern Brazil, around the Azores, Western Sahara, near the Okinawa Islands (Japan), and off the coast of New South Wales (Australia), at depths of 60–200 m.
(Mollisquama mississippiensis)
American Pocket Shark
Кишенькова акула американська
It is native to the Gulf of Mexico.
(Mollisquama parini)
Pocket Shark
Акула кишенькова
An adolescent female was collected from the Nazca Submarine Ridge off the coast of Chile at a depth of 330 m.
(Squaliolus aliae)
Smalleye Pygmy Shark
Колюча акула малоока
It appears to be widely but patchily distributed in the western Pacific Ocean, having been recorded off southern Japan, the Philippines, and northern and eastern Australia. It inhabits the upper and middle layers of the water column near land at depths of 150–2,000 m.
(Squaliolus laticaudus)
Spined Pygmy Shark
Колюча акула карликова
In the Atlantic Ocean, it occurs off Bermuda, the United States, Suriname, southern Brazil, and northern Argentina in the west, and off northern France, Madeira, Cape Verde, and the Azores in the east. In the Indian Ocean, it is known only from waters off Somalia. In the Pacific Ocean, it is found off southern Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines. It is found at depths of 200–500 m.
