False lanternshark

False lanternshark
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Etmopterus
Species:	E. pseudosqualiolus
Binomial name
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus Last, G. H. Burgess & , 2002
Range of the false lanternshark (in blue)

The false lanternshark or false pygmy shark (Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.

References[]

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 978-0-691-12072-0