Thorny lanternshark
| Thorny lanternshark | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. sentosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus sentosus (Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976) | |
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| Range of the thorny lanternshark (in blue) | |
The thorny lanternshark, Etmopterus sentosus, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 0° and 31°S, at depths between 200 and 500 m. Its length is up to 27 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
- 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