| Order: Squaliformes Family: Dalatiidae Genus: Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810 Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) En: Kitefin shark - Du: Valse doornhaai |
Rare species in the Dutch North Sea region (Nijssen & de Groot, 1987: p. 59; Nijssen, 2001: p. 36). There is only one present-day record of this species from the coastal waters of the Netherlands.
Fisheries data:
| 16 December 1975 | An adult female with a total length of 170 cm was caught alive off IJmuiden [52°25'N, 04°20'E] by the pair trawling Dutch vessels VD19/VD73 (de Groot & Nijssen, 1976: p. 73, photo p. 75; de Groot, 1976: p. 494, photo) |
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