Biology:African lanternshark
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Short description: Species of shark
| African lanternshark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. polli
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| Etmopterus polli Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953
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| Range of the African lanternshark (in blue) | |
The African lanternshark (Etmopterus polli) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern Atlantic between latitudes 12°N and 18°S, at depths between 300 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 30 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
Etymology
The shark is named in honor of Belgian ichthyologist Max Poll, who had discovered the species and sent the specimens to Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology for description.[2]
References
- ↑ Finucci, B.; Derrick, D.; Dia, M.; Ducrocq, M. (2021). "Etmopterus polli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T60241A124455147. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T60241A124455147.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60241/124455147. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ "Order SQUALIFORMES (Dogfish Sharks)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/squaliformes/.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus polli" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN:0-691-12072-2
Wikidata ☰ Q3757992 entry
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