Fringefin lanternshark

Fringefin lanternshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species: E. schultzi
Binomial name
Etmopterus schultzi
(Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953)
Range of the fringefin lanternshark (in blue)

The fringefin lanternshark, Etmopterus schultzi, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western central Atlantic from Texas to Florida, northern Gulf of Mexico, and Mexico.

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