Thorny lanternshark
Species of shark
Thorny lanternshark | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Etmopteridae |
Genus: | Etmopterus |
Species: | E. sentosus |
Binomial name | |
Etmopterus sentosus | |
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Range of the thorny lanternshark (in blue) |
The thorny lanternshark (Etmopterus sentosus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 0° and 31°S, at depths between 200 and 500 m. Its length is up to 27 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
[edit]- ^ Pollom, R.; Ebert, D.A.; Fernando, S.; Kuguru, B.; Leslie, R.; Samoilys, M. (2019). "Etmopterus sentosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60244A124455674. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T60244A124455674.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Etmopterus sentosus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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