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¹ Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Anavyssos, 19013, Attica, Greece
² Toulipa Goulimi, Nongovernmental organization, Neapoli, Lakonias, 23053, Peloponnese, Greece
³ iSea, Environmental Organization for the Preservation of the Aquatic Ecosystems, Ochi Av., 11, Thessaloniki 55438, Greece DOI : 10.4194/1303-2712-v19_12_09 Viewed : 3319 - Downloaded : 2575 The kitefin shark Dalatias licha is a deep sea shark rarely recorded in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it has been incidentally caught by deep waters long-lines and trawling. The present study concerns a female of 99 cm in total length stranded on a Greek coast (SE Ionian Sea). It was found severely decomposed. Basic morphological measures were recorded and its stomach was removed for diet examination. The current work provides for the first time valuable biological information on this rare deep sea shark and new records of prey preference in the Mediterranean Sea. Keywords : Dalatias licha, Prey items, Histioteuthis bonnellii, Aristaeomorpha foliacea, Greek Ionian Sea