Etmopterus bullisi
Etmopterus bullisi, sometimes called lined lanternshark, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Atlantic from North Carolina to northern Florida, and Honduras, between latitudes 34°N and 15°N, at depths of up to 850 m. Its maximum length is more than 26 cm, but an adult has yet to be measured.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. bullisi |
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| Range of the lined lanternshark (in blue) | |
References
- Horodysky, A.Z. & Burgess, G.H. 2006. Etmopterus bullisi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60237A12332081. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60237A12332081.en. Downloaded on 13 October 2017.
- Bigelow, Henry B.; Schroeder, William C. (1957). "A study of the sharks of the suborder Squaloidea". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 117 (1): 50–54.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus bullisi" 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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