Thorny lanternshark

The thorny lanternshark (Etmopterus sentosus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes and 31°S, at depths between 200 and 500 m. Its length is up to 27 cm.

Thorny lanternshark

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species:
E. sentosus
Binomial name
Etmopterus sentosus
(Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976)
Range of the thorny lanternshark (in blue)

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. Burgess, G.H. 2006. Etmopterus sentosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60244A12333292. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60244A12333292.en. Downloaded on 18 October 2017.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus sentosus" 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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