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Combtoothed lanternshark

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Combtoothed 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. decacuspidatus
Binomial name
Etmopterus decacuspidatus
Range of the combtooth lanternshark (in blue)

The combtoothed lanternshark (Etmopterus decacuspidatus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae the only specimen, and holotype, being found from the South China Sea between the Viet Nam coast and Hainan Island, at a depth of between 510 and 690 m. The holotype's length is 29 cm.

Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, C. 2009. Etmopterus decacuspidatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161585A5457917. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161585A5457917.en. Downloaded on 14 October 2017.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus decacuspidatus". FishBase. July 2006 version.
  • Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2