Title: Saltwater/ Marine Fishes Common Name: Spined Pygmy Shark Scientific Name: Squaliolus laticaudus
Species #: 29
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Elasmobranchii
Family: Dalatiidae Geography / Habitat: The spined pygmy shark is found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. Life Strategy: The spined pygmy shark has unknown reproductive history. Food / Feed Strategy: It eats squid, shrimp, and mid-water fish. This uncommon shark lives in deep water but migrates vertically each day to hunt at night in mid-depth waters.
Body Form or Style: Fusiform Swim / Locomotion Style: Thunniform Mouth Position: Terminal Citation: â&#x2014;? "SPINED PYGMY SHARK - Zoom Sharks." SPINED PYGMY SHARK - Zoom Sharks. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/species/Spinedpygmy.shtml >