Dalatias Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:10 Masc. Dalatias sparophagus Rafinesque 1810. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder 1913:22 [ref. 6448]. Dalatius an incorrect subsequent spelling. •Doubtfully a senior synonym of Scymnorhinus Bonaparte 1846 -- (Krefft & Tortonese 1973:46 [ref. 7165], Cappetta 1987:62 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:33 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Dalatias Rafinesque 1810 -- (McEachran & Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:136 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:63 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:11 [ref. 6441], Compagno 1999:474 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:412 [ref. 26984], Hoese & Gates 2006:142 [ref. 28997], White 2008:95 [ref. 30617], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:10 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:141 [ref. 31457], Stewart & Last 2015:163 [ref. 34225], Bañón et al. 2016:299 [ref. 34397], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:63 [ref. 34398], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:20 [ref. 35805], Ebert et al. 2021:34 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Dalatias Rafinesque 1810. Dalatiidae.