Dense-scale lantern shark
The dense-scale lanternshark (Etmopterus pycnolepis) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific off Peru and Chile.
| Dense-scale lanternshark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. pycnolepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus pycnolepis Kotlyar, 1990 | |
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| Range of the dense-scale lanternshark (in blue) | |
References
- Kyne, P.M. & McCormack, C. 2007. Etmopterus pycnolepis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63160A12604179. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63160A12604179.en. Downloaded on 15 October 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus pycnolepis" 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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