Dense-scale lantern shark
| Dense-scale lanternshark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. pycnolepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus pycnolepis Kotlyar, 1990 | |
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| Range of the dense-scale lanternshark (in blue) | |
The dense-scale lanternshark, Etmopterus pycnolepis, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific off Peru and Chile.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus pycnolepis" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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