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
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.

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