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Lantern sharks
Velvet belly lantern shark, Etmopterus spinax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Fowler, 1934

Etmopteridae is a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as lantern sharks. Their name comes from the presence of light-producing photophores on their bodies. The members of this family are small, under 90 cm (35 in) long, and are found in deep waters worldwide.[1]

Genera

References

  1. ^ "Etmopteridae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2009 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2009.







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