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Dalatiidae
spined pygmy shark
Squaliolus laticaudus
Shark Over Sandy Bottoms
- Globally widespread
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Medium
Globally widespread
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
Mediumspined pygmy shark is a marine fish of Nearly circumtropical. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 22 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Dogfish Sharks
- Family
- Dalatiidae
- Genus
- Squaliolus
- Maximum length
- 22 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Nearly circumtropical. Western Atlantic: off Bermuda, southern Brazil, and northern Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: off France and Madeira. Western Indian Ocean: off Somalia. Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan and Philippines (Ref. 13748 ), as well as Australia (Ref. 7300 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
