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Spined pygmy shark - Squaliolus laticaudus

Family SQUALIDAE - Dogfish sharks

Resouces from government sites on Squaliolus laticaudus :

Dalatiidae
...the only sharks which normally live in the Arctic (Somniosus spp); it also includes
http://www.odu.edu/sci/cqfe/world%20of%20fishes/Fish_Records.htm

Fish Facts
Which is the smallest shark? There is some debate, but the generally accepted "smallest
http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/bio/tax/Chondrichthyes.txt

Subclass Order Family Genus species Common name Full Finished # of ...
...dogfish squamulosus Greenland sleeper shark Somniosus pacificus Pacific sleeper
http://soconnell.web.wesleyan.edu/ees106/lecture_notes/lecture_marine_ecology/HTML%20Presentation%20folder/tsld029.htm

Shark - Physical Characteristics
2. Among the smallest sharks are the 22- to 25-cm (8- to 1 0-in.) midwater shark
http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0112&L=shark-l&F=&S=&P=9884

SHARK-L archives -- December 2001 (#96)
According to the book "Sharks: Silent Hunters of the Deep" the answer is and I quote
http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0004&L=shark-l&F=&S=&P=12876

SHARK-L archives -- April 2000 (#121)
I was under the impression that it was the Spined > Pygmy Shark (*Squaliolus
http://uio.mbl.edu/browser/index.php?func=name_detail&ubioID=879023

TNS Browser
Pating =>Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758), Pisces (Fish), Pating =>Squaliolus
http://www.aquariumsite.org/gofish.cfm?linkid=607&fishid=477



Academic web resources on Squaliolus laticaudus :

ITIS Standard Report Page: Squaliolus laticaudus
Go to Print Version, Squaliolus laticaudus Smith and Radcliffe in Smith, 1912 Taxonomic
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160697



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