licha, Squalus Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Broussonet) 1788:12 [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Capbreton, north of Bayonne, France, northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN (lost). Based on 'La Liche' of Broussonet 1784:677 [ref. 20282]. Gmelin 1789:1503 [ref. 18139] confused the type locality with the Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, Canada; the actual locality is near Bayonne, France (see Kullander 2016:113 [ref. 34147]). •Valid as Scymnorhinus licha (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Tortonese 1973:46 [ref. 7165], Bass et al. 1986:60 [ref. 5636], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Paulin et al. 1989:15 [ref. 24556]). •Valid as Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (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], Robins & Ray 1986:32 [ref. 23100], Castro-Aguirre & Garcia-Dominguez 1988:104 [ref. 19199], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:225 [ref. 36138], Paxton et al. 1989:33 [ref. 12442], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:164 [ref. 36134], Springer 1990:17 [ref. 19315], Yano in Amaoka et al. 1990:70 [ref. 16024], Gomon et al. 1994:99 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:69 [ref. 23873], Santos et al. 1997:12 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:20 [ref. 24952], Adam et al. 1998:6 [ref. 23610], Compagno & Niem 1998:1225 [ref. 23787], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:112 [ref. 23897], Compagno 1999:474 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:580 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:150 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:14 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:289 [ref. 25995], Soto & Mincarone 2001:23 [ref. 26634], Soto 2001:66, 93 [ref. 26637], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:16 [ref. 26753], Burgess in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:51 [ref. 26158], Nakabo 2002:150 [ref. 26001], McEachran in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:25 [ref. 26158], Compagno 2003:413 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:26 [ref. 27192], Moore et al. 2003:169 [ref. 27076], Kiraly et al. 2003:7 [ref. 28226], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:96 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:50 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:11 [ref. 37112], Mundy 2005:100 [ref. 28379], Shinohara et al. 2005:395 [ref. 28370], Hoese & Gates 2006:142 [ref. 28997], Fricke et al. 2007:16 [ref. 29533], Bottaro et al. 2008:2 [ref. 41584], White 2008:95 [ref. 30617], George 2009:55 [ref. 30539], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:10 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:142 [ref. 31457], Fricke et al. 2011:347 [ref. 31242], Ho & Shao 2011:19 [ref. 31432], Page et al. 2013:53 [ref. 32708], Larson et al. 2013:15 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:297 [ref. 33045], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:105 [ref. 36167], Goren & Galil 2015:511 [ref. 33910], Stewart & Last 2015:163 [ref. 34225], Bañón et al. 2016:299 [ref. 34397], Compagno 2016:1210 [ref. 34544], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:63 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:56 [ref. 34211], Biscoito et al. 2018:472 [ref. 37562], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:20 [ref. 35805], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:114 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:29 [ref. 37250], Ehemann et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 36861], Miyazaki et al. 2019:122 [ref. 37957], Bariche & Fricke 2020:19 [ref. 37515], Kabasakal 2020:53 [ref. 37952], Kovačić et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Sutton et al. 2020:14 [ref. 37832], Arroyo Martínez 2021:36 [ref. 38962], Ebert et al. 2021:34 [ref. 38234], Giovos et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38895], Golani 2021:9 [ref. 38303], Kousteni 2021:[1] [ref. 38215], Kousteni in Santín et al. 2021:210 [ref. 38223], Kovačić et al. 2021:12 [ref. 39014], Bañón & Mano 2022:7 [ref. 40121], Barone et al. 2022:33 [ref. 39527], James & Ebert 2022:444 [ref. 39663], Fermon et al. 2022:97 [ref. 39448], Balàka et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40410], Carvalho-Filho 2023:293 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40505], Shakman et al. 2023:463 [ref. 40810], Artüz & Fricke 2024:536 [ref. 41509], Deval in Digenis et al. 2024:102 [ref. 40958], Fricke et al. 2024:79 [ref. 41622], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2024:320 [ref. 41437]). Current status: Valid as Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre 1788). Dalatiidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara). Habitat: marine.