Slendertail lanternshark

Taxobox
name = Slendertail lanternshark


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Squaliformes
familia = Dalatiidae
genus = "Etmopterus"
species = "E. molleri"
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range_map_caption = Range of the slendertail lanternshark (in blue)
binomial = "Etmopterus molleri"
binomial_authority = (Whitley, 1939)The Slendertail lanternshark, "Etmopterus molleri", is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Indian Ocean, recently reported off southern Mozambique, and the western Pacific from Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, between latitudes 34° N and 46° S, at depths of between 250 and 860 m. Its length is up to 46 cm.

The slendertail lanternshark is small and slender, with a moderately elongate caudal peduncle and flank denticles mostly arranged in regular rows. There are no denticles on the second dorsal fin, which is taller than the first.

Coloration is light brown above, black below, with a pale stripe on side and a black streak above and behind the pelvic fins, with a luminous belly. Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

References

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* Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, "Sharks of the World", Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2