Biology:Barrie's lanternshark
| Barrie's 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. brosei
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| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus brosei | |
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| Range of Barrie's lanternshark | |
Barrie's lanternshark (Etmopterus brosei) is a type of lanternshark of the family Etmopteridae, found in Southwest Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic Ocean (precisely in South Africa , Madagascar Ridge, and southern Mozambique).[2][1] It lives on seamounts and continental slopes at depths of 480–1,200 m (1,570–3,940 ft).[2][1] This deep-water shark was previously misidentified with sculpted lanternshark and also resembles blackbelly lanternshark in having linear rows of dermal denticles.[2][1]
Barrie's lanternshark has these sets of characteristics which making it differ from its congeners: the dermal denticles arrangement along the body; the presence of dermal denticles on the dorsal fin base; the arrangement of flank and caudal markings; the shape and size of flank markings; and the vertebral count.[2]
This shark is sometimes accidentally caught by deep-water fisheries operating in southern Africa. Nevertheless, the major population of this species lives deeper than the fisheries.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Finucci, B.; D'Alberto, M. (2022). "Etmopterus brosei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T211715807A211716453. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/211715807/211716453.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cite error: Invalid
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Wikidata ☰ Q116178609 entry
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