DALATIIDAE

'Dalatiidae' is a family of sharks, commonly known as 'sleeper sharks'. They are found worldwide.
All members of the family except for the Pacific sleeper shark, ''Somniosus pacificus'', have luminescent organs.

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Subfamilies, Tribes, and Species

References

Subfamilies, Tribes, and Species

In some classifications this family includes the genera ''Centrophorus'', ''Cirrhigaleus'' and ''Deania'' but this article follows FishBase in placing those genera in the families Centrophoridae (''Centrophorus'' and ''Deania'') and Squalidae (''Cirrhigaleus'').
In other classifications the subfamilies are raised to the level of the families Etmopteridae, Somniosidae and Oxynotidae.

★ Subfamily Dalatiinae (Gray, 1851)

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★ Genus ''Euprotomicroides''

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★ Genus ''Heteroscymnoides''

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★ Genus ''Mollisquama''

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★ Tribe Dalatiini

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★ Genus ''Dalatias''

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★ Genus ''Isistius''

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★ Tribe Euprotomicrini

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★ Genus ''Euprotomicrus''

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★ Genus ''Squaliolus''

★ Subfamily Etmopterinae Fowler, 1934

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★ Genus ''Aculeola''

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★ Genus ''Centroscyllium''

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★ Genus ''Etmopterus''

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★ Genus ''Miroscyllium''

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★ Genus ''Trigonognathus''

★ Subfamily Oxynotinae Gill, 1872

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★ Genus ''Oxynotus''

★ Subfamily Somniosinae Jordan, 1888

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★ Genus ''Centroscymnus''

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★ Genus ''Scymnodalatias''

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★ Genus ''Scymnodon''

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★ Genus ''Somniosus''

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