''Squaliolus'' is a
genus
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of
deep-sea squaliform sharks in the
family
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Dalatiidae.
Species
* ''Squaliolus aliae''
Teng, 1959 (
smalleye pygmy shark
The smalleye pygmy shark (''Squaliolus aliae'') is a little-known species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae, found in water deep near Japan, the Philippines, and Australia. It migrates vertically daily, spending the day in deep wate ...
)
* ''Squaliolus laticaudus''
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe
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, 1912 (
spined pygmy shark
The spined pygmy shark (''Squaliolus laticaudus'') is a species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans. Growing no larger than roughly , it is one of the smallest sharks alive, with this record beaten by the dwar ...
)
See also
*
List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes ''and'' are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacula ...
References
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Shark genera
Taxa named by Hugh McCormick Smith
Taxa named by Lewis Radcliffe