Dense-scale lantern shark

Dense-scale lanternshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Etmopterus
Species:	E. pycnolepis
Binomial name
Etmopterus pycnolepis Kotlyar, 1990
Range of the dense-scale lanternshark (in blue)

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The dense-scale lanternshark, Etmopterus pycnolepis, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific off Peru and Chile.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus pycnolepis" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2