| Barrie's lanternshark | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. brosei |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus brosei Ebert, Leslie & Weigmann, 2021[2] | |
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| Range of Barrie's lanternshark | |
Barrie's lanternshark (Etmopterus brosei) is a type of lanternshark of the family Etmopteridae, found in Southwest Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic Ocean (precisely in South Africa, Madagascar Ridge, and southern Mozambique).[2][1] It lives on seamounts and continental slopes at depths of 480–1,200 m (1,570–3,940 ft).[2][1] This deep-water shark was previously misidentified with sculpted lanternshark and also resembles blackbelly lanternshark in having linear rows of dermal denticles.[2][1]
Barrie's lanternshark has these sets of characteristics which making it differ from its congeners: the dermal denticles arrangement along the body; the presence of dermal denticles on the dorsal fin base; the arrangement of flank and caudal markings; the shape and size of flank markings; and the vertebral count.[2]
This shark is sometimes accidentally caught by deep-water fisheries operating in southern Africa. Nevertheless, the major population of this species lives deeper than the fisheries.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Finucci, B.; D'Alberto, M. (2022). "Etmopterus brosei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T211715807A211716453.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ebert, D.A.; Leslie, R.W.; Weigmann, S. (2021). "Etmopterus brosei sp. nov.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade". Marine Biodiversity. 51 (53): 1–17. doi:10.1007/s12526-021-01173-0. S2CID 236343587.