Shortfin smooth lanternshark
Shortfin smooth lanternshark | |
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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 | |
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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