Tasmanian lanternshark

Taxobox
name = Tasmanian lanternshark


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Squaliformes
familia = Dalatiidae
genus = "Etmopterus"
species = "E. tasmaniensis"
binomial = "Etmopterus tasmaniensis"
binomial_authority = Myagkov & Pavlov, 1986

The Tasmanian lanternshark, "Etmopterus tasmaniensis", is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found around Tasmania, at depths of between 920 and 1,010 m. Its length is up to 60 cm.

The rare Tasmanian lanternshark is almost unknown and may eventually be found to be identical to the New Zealand lanternshark, "Etmopterus baxteri". Reproduction is assumed 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