Dalatiidae

cookiecutter shark

Isistius brasiliensis

Suction lips carve round plugs from prey

• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• East Asia
• Oceania
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium

cookiecutter shark is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and records give a maximum length of 42 cm.