Thorny lanternshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species:
E. sentosus
Binomial name
Etmopterus sentosus
(Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976)
Range of the thorny lanternshark (in blue)

The thorny lanternshark (Etmopterus sentosus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes and 31°S, at depths between 200 and 500 m. Its length is up to 27 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. Pollom, R.; Ebert, D.A.; Fernando, S.; Kuguru, B.; Leslie, R.; Samoilys, M. (2019). "Etmopterus sentosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60244A124455674. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T60244A124455674.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Etmopterus sentosus" 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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