Short-tail lanternshark

Short-tail lanternshark
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Etmopterus
Species:	E. brachyurus
Binomial name
	Etmopterus brachyurus; (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
	Range of the short-tail lanternshark (in blue)

The short-tail lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Pacific between latitudes 37°N and 30°S, at depths of between 450 and 900 m (1,480 and 2,950 ft). Its length is up to 50 cm (20 in).

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

↑ McCormack, C.; Tanaka, S.; Kyne, P.M. (2015). "Etmopterus brachyurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T161649A68622235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T161649A68622235.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] McCormack, C.; Tanaka, S.; Kyne, P.M. (2015). "Etmopterus brachyurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T161649A68622235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T161649A68622235.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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