Blackmouth lanternshark

Blackmouth lanternshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species: E. evansi
Binomial name
Etmopterus evansi
Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002
Range of the blackmouth lanternshark (in blue)

The blackmouth lanternshark, Etmopterus evansi, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found off Western Australia and the Arafura Sea, at depths between 430 and 550 m. Its length is up to 26 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

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