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Etmopterus bullisi

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Etmopterus bullisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species:
E. bullisi
Binomial name
Etmopterus bullisi
Range of the lined lanternshark (in blue)

Etmopterus bullisi, sometimes called the lined lanternshark, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Atlantic from North Carolina to northern Florida, and Honduras, between latitudes 34°N and 15°N, at depths of up to 850 m. Its maximum length is more than 26 cm, but an adult has yet to be measured.

References

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  1. ^ Kyne, P.M. & Herman, K. 2020. Etmopterus bullisi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T60237A124454813. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60237/124454813. Downloaded on 18 January 2021.
  2. ^ Bigelow, Henry B.; Schroeder, William C. (1957). "A study of the sharks of the suborder Squaloidea". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 117 (1): 50–54.