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GBIF·2420898speciesAnimalia124 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderSqualiformes
  5. ›familyDalatiidae
  6. ›genusSqualiolus
Squaliolus laticaudus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Spined pygmy shark

Squaliolus laticaudus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Also calledOmekobitozame (jpn) · Requin nain (fra) · Squale nain (fra) · Squalo pigmeo spinoso (ita) · Stekeldwerghaai (nld) · Tollo Pigmeo Espinudo (spa) · Tubarão-anão (por) · Törpe tüskéscápa (hun) · Zwergdornhai (deu) · Zwerghai (deu) · cüce köpekbalığı (tur) · lyhtyhai (fin) · nykštukinis dygliaryklis (lit) · světloun drobný (ces)

First described in: Smith, H. M. & L. Radcliffe in Smith, H. M. 1912.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2420898.