Etmopterus
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Etmopterus is a genus of lantern sharks in the squaliform family Etmopteridae. They are found in deep sea ecosystems of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.[2]
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Etmopterus | |
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Velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax) | |
Green lanternshark (Etmopterus virens) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Etmopteridae |
Genus: | Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810 |
Type species | |
Etmopterus aculeatus Rafinesque, 1810 |
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