False 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. pseudosqualiolus
Binomial name
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus
Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002
Range of the false lanternshark (in blue)

The false lanternshark or false pygmy shark (Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.

References

  1. Kyne, P.M.; Finucci, B. (2018). "Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T41809A116737093. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41809A116737093.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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