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- Kitefin_shark abstract "The kitefin shark or seal shark (Dalatias licha) is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae, and the only species in its genus. It is found sporadically around the world, usually close to the sea floor at depths of 200–600 m (660–1,970 ft). With a sizable oil-filled liver to maintain neutral buoyancy, this shark is able to cruise slowly through the water while expending little energy. The kitefin shark has a slender body with a very short, blunt snout, large eyes, and thick lips. Its teeth are highly differentiated between the upper and lower jaws, with the upper teeth small and narrow and the lower teeth large, triangular, and serrated. Its typical length is 1.0–1.4 m (3.3–4.6 ft).Armed with large teeth and a strong bite, the kitefin shark is a powerful, solitary predator that takes many different types of prey, ranging from bony fishes, sharks and rays, to cephalopods, crustaceans, polychaete worms, siphonophores, and possibly carrion. It also takes bites out of animals larger than itself, similar to its smaller relative, the cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis). This shark is aplacental viviparous and gives birth to 10–14 young. The kitefin shark is fished commercially for its meat, skin, and liver oil, primarily by Portugal and Japan. A fishery targeting this species existed off the Azores from the 1970s to the 1990s, but collapsed due to overfishing and falling liver oil prices; the rapid depletion of the Azores stock is often cited as an example of the susceptibility of deep-sea sharks to human exploitation. The low reproductive rate of this species renders it susceptible to overfishing and, coupled with known population declines, has led it to be assessed as Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).".
- Kitefin_shark binomialAuthority Pierre_Joseph_Bonnaterre.
- Kitefin_shark class Chondrichthyes.
- Kitefin_shark class Elasmobranchii.
- Kitefin_shark conservationStatus "NT".
- Kitefin_shark conservationStatusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Kitefin_shark family Dalatiidae.
- Kitefin_shark kingdom Animal.
- Kitefin_shark order Squaliformes.
- Kitefin_shark phylum Chordate.
- Kitefin_shark synonym "(* ambiguous synonym)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "----".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Dalatias sparophagus* (Rafinesque, 1810)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Dalatias tachiensis (Shen & Ting, 1972)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Pseudoscymnus boshuensis (Herre, 1935)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Scymnorhinus brevipinnis (Smith, 1936)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Scymnorhinus phillippsi (Whitley, 1931)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Scymnus aquitanensis* (de la Pylaie, 1835)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Scymnus vulgaris (Cloquet, 1822)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Squalus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Squalus licha (Bonnaterre, 1788)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Squalus nicaeensis (Risso, 1810)".
- Kitefin_shark synonym "Squalus scymnus (Voigt, 1832)".
- Kitefin_shark thumbnail Dalatias_licha_csiro-nfc.jpg?width=300.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageID "4475321".
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageLength "22592".
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageOutDegree "158".
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageRevisionID "692445196".
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- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Azores.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Barracudina.
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- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Bottom_trawling.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Brazil.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink British_Isles.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Bycatch.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Cameroon.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Carrion.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animals_described_in_1788.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dalatiidae.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Category:Extant_Eocene_first_appearances.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Centrophorus.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Cephalopod.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Chondrichthyes.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Cladistics.
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- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Cretaceous–Paleogene_boundary.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Crustacean.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Dalatiidae.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Deepwater_cardinalfish.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Dentition.
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- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Elasmobranchii.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Embryo.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Eocene.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Epoch_(geology).
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Etmopterus.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Europe.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Family_(biology).
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Fish_fin.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Fish_meal.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Fish_scale.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Fossil.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Gadidae.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Galeus.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Gempylidae.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Georges_Bank.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Gestation_period.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Gillnetting.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Gonostomatidae.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Greeneye.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Grenadiers_(fish).
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Gulf_of_Genoa.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Gulf_of_Mexico.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Hawaiian_Islands.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Herring_smelt.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink India.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Individual_fishing_quota.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Ireland.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Isistius.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Isopoda.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Japan.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Java.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Lanternfish.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Larva.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Leather.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Lipid.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink List_of_prehistoric_cartilaginous_fish_genera.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Liver.
- Kitefin_shark wikiPageWikiLink Lobster.