Image: Smalltooth Cookiecutter Shark swimming

A Smalltooth Cookiecutter Shark photographed in surface waters at night, 8 km off Kona, Hawaii.  The water depth was "3000 to 4000 feet".

Photographer:

Joshua Lambus

Rights:

© Joshua Lambus

Common name:

Smalltooth Cookiecutter Shark

Scientific name:

Isistius brasiliensis

Family:

Dalatiidae

Order:

Squaliformes

Last Updated: 12 April 2013

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Isistius brasiliensis, Smalltooth Cookiecutter Shark, Dalatiidae,