Pygmy shark
Euprotomicrus bispinatus
| Length | Up to 11 inches; smallest shark in Hawaiian waters |
| Description | Charcoal gray to black body; clear fin edges; luminescent ventrally |
| Food | Crustaceans, squid, bony fishes |
| Habitat | Vertical migrator, from surface to depths of over 1,300 ft and possibly much deeper |
| Reproduction | Aplacental vivipary; litter size to at least 8; size at maturity 7 inches for males, 9 inches for females |
