Dalatiidae

Biscoito, Manuel, Ribeiro, Cláudia & Freitas, Mafalda, 2018, Annotated checklist of the fishes of the archipelago of Madeira (NE Atlantic): I-Chondrichthyes, Zootaxa 4429 (3), pp. 459-494 : 472-473

Family Dalatiidae

* Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) —Gata, Trabolha; Kitefin shark

Bowdich 1825: 74 (as Scymnus licha )

Lowe 1838: 194 (as Scymnus nicaeensis )

Günther 1870: 425 | Collet 1890: 219 | Roule 1912: 17 | Noronha & Samento 1934: 144 (as Scymnus lichia )

Krefft & Tortonese 1973: 46 (as Scymnorhinus licha )

Fowler 1936: 86 | Noronha & Sarmento 1948: 107 | Maul 1948: 139 | Nunes 1953: 148 | Albuquerque 1954 – 56: 132 | McEachran & Branstetter 1984: 136 | Compagno 1984a: 63–64 | Sanches 1986: 90 | Lloris et al. 1991: 225 | Carneiro et al. 2014: 14 | Delgado et al. 2017.

Distribution in Macaronesia. Madeira, Azores ( Santos et al. 1997; Arruda 1997; Porteiro et al. 2010), Canary Islands ( Brito et al. 2002; Brito Hernández & Sancho Rafel 2003) and Cape Verde ( Reiner 1996, 2005).

Remarks. skin, oil, jaws and formalin preserved specimens in MMF collections (dated from 1940, 42 and 44). The DSI in the framework of the project ARQMAD-02-P96, 1996 caught this species using bottom long-lines at a depth 600–700 m, SW of Porto Moniz, Madeira. Maul (1948) refers as frequent all year, from offshore.

* Squaliolus laticaudus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 —Tubarão-anão; Spined pygmy shark

Noronha 1926: 386 | Noronha & Sarmento 1934: 144; 1948: 22 (as Squaliolus sarmenti )

Maul 1948: 139 | Albuquerque 1954 –56: 135 (as Euprotomicrus sarmenti )

Lloris et al. 1991: 239 (as Squaliodus laticaudus sic)

Krefft & Tortonese 1973: 48 | Cadenat & Blache 1981: 108–111 | McEachran & Branstetter 1984: 145 | Compagno 1984a: 108–109 | Sanches 1986: 94 | Carneiro et al. 2014: 14.

Distribution in Macaronesia. Madeira, Azores ( Silva et al. (1998) report as the first record of the species to Azores; Santos et al. (1997) give as a new record, referring to Silva et al. (1998) specimen; Porteiro et al. 2010), Canary Islands ( Brito et al. 2002; Brito Hernández & Sancho Rafel 2003) and Cape Verde ( Reiner 1996, 2005).

Remarks. Noronha’s specimen is deposited in FMNH collections (58862 – Squaliolus sarmenti: Off Câmara de Lobos, Funchal , Madeira, eastern Atlantic, depth about 500–800 fathoms). Also a preserved specimen in AMNH (I-15731) and thirteen records, including stomach content and formalin preserved specimens in MMF collections (from 1940 to 2004). Maul (1948) refers as rare, from offshore.