Tiny sharks in aquariums?

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Does anyone know if any of these or similar sharks has been kept in captivity, public or private aquariums?

Eridacnis radcliffei

Squaliolus laticaudus

Etmopterus perryi
 
I have looked into it in the past and it does not appear that anyone has bin successful keeping deep water sharks such as the Pigmy or Lantern Sharks. There are pics and video footage of a deep water Goblin Shark kept in captivity but I recall it did not last long at all. Here is the vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTzm4yKgrgg
 
My neighbor has a 3 1/2 Foot horned shark and a 6 foot morey eel.
He feeds them halibut and scallops. I fish sitted for a week. What a sweet 300 gallon tank it was.
He now lives in atlanta so hes had it about 5 years.
 
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I have looked into it in the past and it does not appear that anyone has bin successful keeping deep water sharks such as the Pigmy or Lantern Sharks. There are pics and video footage of a deep water Goblin Shark kept in captivity but I recall it did not last long at all. Here is the vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTzm4yKgrgg

I wonder if it's a problem with pressure or temperature? since sharks do not have swim bladders maybe temperature is a problem. Then again maybe its just hasn't been tried.
 
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