Combtoothed lanternshark
| Combtoothed lanternshark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. decacuspidatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus decacuspidatus W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 | |
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| Range of the combtooth lanternshark (in blue) | |
The combtoothed lanternshark (Etmopterus decacuspidatus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae the only specimen, and holotype, being found from the South China Sea between the Viet Nam coast and Hainan Island, at a depth of between 510 and 690 m. The holotype's length is 29 cm.
Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
References
- ↑ McCormack, C. 2009. Etmopterus decacuspidatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161585A5457917. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161585A5457917.en. Downloaded on 14 October 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus decacuspidatus" 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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