Synonyms: Dalatias (Somniosus) bispinatus, Euprotomicrus hyalinus, Euprotomicrus labordii, Laemargus labordii, Scymnus bispinatus, Scymnus mauritianus, Scymnus (Laemargus) labordii
Common name: Pygmy shark
Original description species: (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Genus: Euprotomicrus Gill, 1865
Family: Dalatiidae Gray, 1851
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii