3. My Name is Seth. I am 9 years old. I like to play sports, collect baseball cards, play video games, and watch TV. I go to Arp Elementary. I also like to swim, read, and learn new things. One day I want to play in the Olympics and then become a pro baseball player.

5. The spined pygmy shark is one of the smallest sharks; it is roughly 7 to 8 inches (18 to 21 cm) long (females are about 8 inches fin but not in front of the second dorsal fin (this is unique among sharks). It also has a luminescent (glow-in- the-dark) belly. This harmless shark is very sleek and has a bulbous snout. It has a large spiracle (an extra, round gill slit) behind each large eye. It is dark-gray to black with white-tipped fins and bio-luminescence (luminous photophores) on its belly; these photophores light up and may serve as camouflage (they eliminate shadows when seen from below).spiracle

6. SPINED PYGMY SHARK CLASSIFICATION Kingdom Animalia (animals) Phylum Chordata SubPhylum Vertebrata (vertebrates) Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) Subclass Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) Order Squaliformes (dogfish sharks) Family Squalidae Genus Squaliolus Species laticaudusSqualiformes

7. DIET AND FEEDING HABITS It eats squid, shrimp, and mid-water fish (especially lanternfishes). This uncommon shark lives in deep water (down to 6,550 ft = 2,000 m) but migrates vertically each day to hunt at night in mid-depth waters (about 650 ft = 200 m).

8. HABITAT The spined pygmy shark lives in deep waters (down to 6,550 ft = 2,000 m) but hunts at middle depths (about 650 ft = 200 m). DISTRIBUTION The spined pygmy shark is found in temperate and tropical oceans worldwide. SPINED PYGMY SHARK ATTACKS The spined pygmy shark is rarely seen by divers since it lives in deep waters. It is harmless to people. REPRODUCTION The spined pygmy shark's reproductive biology is unknown. MIGRATION This uncommon shark lives in deep water (down to 6,550 ft = 2,000 m) but migrates vertically each day to hunt at night in mid-depth waters (about 650 ft = 200 m).

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