Hawaiian lanternshark

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Hawaiian lanternshark
Etmopterus villosus.jpg
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species:
E. villosus
Binomial name
Etmopterus villosus
C. H. Gilbert, 1905
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Range of the Hawaiian lanternshark (in blue)

The Hawaiian lanternshark (Etmopterus villosus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found around the Hawaiian Islands, between latitudes 23°N and 19°N, at depths between 400 and 910 m. Its maximum length is at least 46 cm.

Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

References[]

  1. ^ Finucci, B.; Cheok, J.; Cotton, C.F.; Kulka, D.W.; Neat, F.C.; Rigby, C.L.; Tanaka, S.; Walker, T.I. (2020). "Etmopterus villosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161441A124486127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161441A124486127.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Etmopterus villosus" 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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