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title: "Spined Pygmy Shark"
description: "Squaliolus laticaudus — Peixes. The spined pygmy shark (Squaliolus laticaudus) is a species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/spined-pygmy-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Spined Pygmy Shark

> Squaliolus laticaudus — Peixes. The spined pygmy shark (Squaliolus laticaudus) is a species of squaliform shark in the family Dalatiidae found widely in all oceans.

- Scientific name: *Squaliolus laticaudus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2
- Wikidata: [Q952103](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q952103)
- iNaturalist taxon: [112996](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/112996)

## Names

- en: Spined Pygmy Shark
- de: Zwerghai
- fr: Squale nain
- nl: Stekeldwerghaai

## Summary

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 28 cm (11 in), it is one of the smallest sharks alive, with this record beaten by the dwarf lanternshark. This shark has a slender, cigar-shaped body with a sizable conical snout, a long but low second dorsal fin, and an almost symmetrical caudal fin. Its sister species S. aliae and it are the only sharks with a spine on the first dorsal fin and not the second. Spined pygmy sharks are dark brown to black, with numerous bioluminescent organs called photophores…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spined_pygmy_shark

## Photo

![Spined Pygmy Shark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spined-pygmy-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spined_pygmy_shark_nmfs.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spined-pygmy-shark?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).