Thorny lanternshark

Thorny lanternshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Squaliformes
Family:Etmopteridae
Genus:Etmopterus
Species: E. sentosus
Binomial name
Etmopterus sentosus
(Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976)
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 and 31°S, at depths between 200 and 500 m. Its length is up to 27 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. Burgess, G.H. 2006. Etmopterus sentosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60244A12333292. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60244A12333292.en. Downloaded on 18 October 2017.
  • Froese, Rainer and 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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