Genus Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810
Dalatias Rafinesque, 1810, Caratt.gen.sp.anim.piant.Sicilia, Palermo, Pt. 1:10.
Type Species:
Dalatias sparophagus Rafinesque, 1810, by subsequent designation of Jordan, Tanaka and Snyder (1913:22), apparently equals Squalus licha Bonnaterre, 1788. See discussion below.
Synonymy:
Subgenus Scymnus Cuvier, 1817 (Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758, not Scymnus Kugelmann, 1794 in Class Insecta)
? Genus Scimnus S.D.W., 1837
? Genus Scymnium Cuvier, 1838
Genus Scymnorhinus Bonaparte, 1846
Genus Borborodes Gistel, 1848
Genus Pseudoscymnus Herre, 1935
Genus Scymnorhynus Nobre, 1935 (error or emendation)
Genus Barborodes Bigelow and Schroeder, 1948 (error).
FAO Names:
SQUAL Dal [FAO Code]