Shortfin smooth lanternshark
| Shortfin smooth lanternshark | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. joungi |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus joungi Knuckey, Ebert & G. H. Burgess, 2011 | |
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| Known range of the Shortfin smooth lanternshark (in blue) | |
The Shortfin smooth lanternshark, Etmopterus joungi, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found off the northeastern coast of Taiwan, at depths of between 430 and 550 m.[1]
References
- ↑ Knuckey, J.D.S., D.A. Ebert and G.H. Burgess, 2011. Etmopterus joungi n. sp., a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Taiwan. Aqua Int. J. Ichthyol. 17(2): 61-72.
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