Splendid lanternshark

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Splendid lanternshark
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. splendidus
Binomial name
Etmopterus splendidus
, 1988
Etmopterus splendidus distmap.png
Range of the splendid lanternshark (in blue)

The splendid lanternshark (Etmopterus splendidus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Pacific at depths between 120 and 210 m. Its length is up to 30 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References[]

  1. ^ Rigby, C.L.; Ebert, D.A.; Herman, K. (2020). "Etmopterus splendidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161448A124487132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161448A124487132.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Etmopterus splendidus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
  • Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 978-0-691-12072-0


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