Broadbanded lanternshark
Broadbanded lanternshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Etmopteridae |
Genus: | Etmopterus |
Species: | E. gracilispinis |
Binomial name | |
Etmopterus gracilispinis G. Krefft, 1968 | |
Range of the broadbanded lanternshark (in blue) |
The broadbanded lanternshark (Etmopterus gracilispinis) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western and southeast Atlantic, between latitudes 40°N and 45°S, at depths of between 70 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 35 cm. Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.[2]
References
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- ↑ Burgess, G.H., Amorim, A.F., Mancini, P. & Gonzalez, P. (2007). Etmopterus gracilispinis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63108A12607168.en
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus gracilispinis" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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