What is Spined pygmy shark?
{{Taxobox | name = Spined pygmy shark | image = Spined pygmy shark nmfs.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Chondrichthyes]] | ordo = [[Squaliformes]] | familia = [[Dalatiidae]] | genus = ''[[Squaliolus]]'' | species = '''''S. laticaudus''''' | binomial = Squaliolus laticaudus | range_map = Squaliolus_laticaudus_distmap.png | range_map_caption = Range of the Spined pygmy shark (In blue) }} The '''spined pygmy shark''' (''Squaliolus laticaudus'') is one of the smallest sharks in the world. It is only seven to eight inches long on average. Spined pygmy sharks are dark [[gray]] or [[black]] on top. Their bellies [[wikt:glow|glow]] in the dark. These sharks live very deep in the water (down to 6,500 feet) but they migrate up to about 650 feet at night, to hunt. Spined pygmy sharks are harmless to humans.<ref> {{cite book |title= Magic School Bus, Shark Escape |last= Cole |first= Joanne |author2= Bruce Degen |year= 2001 |publisher= Scholastic Inc. |location= U.S. |isbn= 0-439-31432-1|pages= 84}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Sharks]]