False lanternshark

Taxobox
name = False 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. pseudosqualiolus"
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range_map_caption = Range of the false lanternshark (in blue)
binomial = "Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus"
binomial_authority = Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002The false lanternshark, "Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus", is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia, at depths of between 670 and 1.170 m. Its length is up to 45 cm.

The false lanternshark's body is cigar-shaped, with almost round eys with a small opalescent lunate patch on the upper eyelid margin. The deep head is conical with a short bulbous snout. The caudal peduncle is short. The denticles are small, with slightly curved cusps, arranged in irregular rows. It is found on the continental shelves and upper slopes.

Coloration is dark brown to black above, and dark underneath. The fins are pale on the posterior margins. Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

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* Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, "Sharks of the World", Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 978-0-691-12072-0