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Family of sharks
Lantern sharks | |
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Velvet belly lanternshark, Etmopterus spinax | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934 |
The Etmopteridae are 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] The 45 species are placed in five genera. Three-quarters of the species are in the genus Etmopterus.
Genera
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Etmopteridae" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
Etmopteridae |
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