Pink lanternshark

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

The pink lanternshark (Etmopterus dianthus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found around Australia and New Caledonia, at depths of between 110 and 880 m.^{[citation needed]} Its length is up to 41 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References[]

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus dianthus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2