Tailspot lanternshark

Taxobox
name = Tailspot lanternshark


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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Squaliformes
familia = Dalatiidae
genus = "Etmopterus"
species = "E. caudistigmus"
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range_map_caption = Range of the tailspot lanternshark (in blue)
binomial = "Etmopterus caudistigmus"
binomial_authority = Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002The tailspot lanternshark, "Etmopterus caudistigmus", is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found around New Caledonia, at depths of between 640 and 800 m. Its length is up to 31 cm.

The tailspot lanternshark is a small dark species with a black underside. The caudal peduncle is rather elongate and the tail is long with obvious photophores. The upper eyelid has a pale naked patch. Denticles are short, robust, and arranged in regular longitudinal rows. The second dorsal fin is a little larger than the first.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

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