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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Dalatiidae |
Genus: |
Euprotomicrus T. N. Gill, 1865 |
Species: | E. bispinatus
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Binomial name | |
Euprotomicrus bispinatus | |
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Range of pygmy shark (in blue) |
The pygmy shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the second-smallest of all the shark species after the dwarf lanternshark, is a squaliform shark of the family Dalatiidae, the only member of the genus Euprotomicrus. [2] Their lengths are up to about 25 cm (10 in) for females and about 22 cm (8.7 in) for males. [3]
Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about eight young in each litter. [4]
In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the pygmy shark as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. [5]
Euprotomicrus bispinatus |
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Authority control databases: National
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Pygmy shark | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Dalatiidae |
Genus: |
Euprotomicrus T. N. Gill, 1865 |
Species: | E. bispinatus
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Binomial name | |
Euprotomicrus bispinatus | |
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Range of pygmy shark (in blue) |
The pygmy shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the second-smallest of all the shark species after the dwarf lanternshark, is a squaliform shark of the family Dalatiidae, the only member of the genus Euprotomicrus. [2] Their lengths are up to about 25 cm (10 in) for females and about 22 cm (8.7 in) for males. [3]
Pygmy sharks are ovoviviparous and produce about eight young in each litter. [4]
In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the pygmy shark as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. [5]
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Euprotomicrus bispinatus |
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Authority control databases: National
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