South China cookiecutter shark

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South China Cookiecutter shark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Dalatiidae Genus: Isistius Species: I. labialis
Binomial name
Isistius labialis Meng, Zhu & Li, 1985

The South China cookiecutter shark, Isistius labialis, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the South China Sea at depths down to 520 m. It is named from its feeding style which often creates perfect "cookie-cutter" shaped plugs in the skin of large marine mammals and large sharks.

Reproduction is aplacental viviparity in the same way as great white sharks.

[edit] See also

• List of sharks
• Deep sea fish

[edit] References

• "Isistius labialis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.