Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Squaliformes > Family Dalatiidae > Genus Squaliolus

Squaliolus laticaudus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Squaliolus*	Smith & Radcliffe, 1912	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: spined pygmy shark sources: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.

English-United States: spined pygmy shark sources: english PESI focal point

German: Zwergdornhai; Zwerghai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: nykštukinis dygliaryklis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: карликовая колючая акула sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: tiburón enano; tiburón pigmeo; tollo pigmeo espinoso sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: cüce köpekbalığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула колюча карликова; карликова колюча акула

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Squaliolus laticaudus. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105921