Thorny lanternshark

Thorny lanternshark
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Etmopterus
Species:	E. sentosus
Binomial name
	Etmopterus sentosus; (Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976)
	Range of the thorny lanternshark (in blue)

The thorny lanternshark (Etmopterus sentosus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 0° and 31°S, at depths between 200 and 500 m. Its length is up to 27 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

^ Pollom, R.; Ebert, D.A.; Fernando, S.; Kuguru, B.; Leslie, R.; Samoilys, M. (2019). "Etmopterus sentosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60244A124455674. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T60244A124455674.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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

[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Pollom, R.; Ebert, D.A.; Fernando, S.; Kuguru, B.; Leslie, R.; Samoilys, M. (2019). "Etmopterus sentosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60244A124455674. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T60244A124455674.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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