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Species profile—Squaliolus aliae (smalleye pygmy shark)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Squalidae (dogfishes) → Squaliolus aliae (smalleye pygmy shark)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
Family
Squalidae (dogfishes)
Scientific name
Squaliolus aliae Teng, 1959
Common name
smalleye pygmy shark
Type reference
Teng, H.-T. (1959). Studeis [sic] on the elasmobranch fishes from Formosa. Pt. 4. Squaliolus alii, a new species of deep sea squaloid shark from Tung-Kang, Formosa. Rep. Lab. Fish. Biol. Taiwan 1-6.
WildNet taxon ID
29804
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=29804.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024