Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Squaliformes > Etmopteridae > Etmopterus > Etmopterus pusillusEtmopterus pusillus (Smooth lanternshark; Smooth lantern shark; Slender lanternshark; Slender lantern shark)Synonyms: Acanthidium pusillum; Centrina nigra; Etmopterus frontimaculatus; Etmopterus pusilus Language: Czech; Danish; Dutch; French; Japanese; Mandarin Chinese; Portuguese; Spanish The smooth lanternshark or slender lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus) is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae, found widely in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It inhabits benthic environments at a depth of 274–1,000 m (899–3,281 ft), and pelagic environments at a depth of 0–708 m (0–2,323 ft). The smooth lanternshark forms a species group with the larger blurred lanternshark (E. bigelowi), both of which are distinguished from other members of their family by small, irregularly arranged dermal denticles with a truncated shape. This species has a slender, dark brown body with an indistinct black band on the sides over the pelvic fins, and reaches 50 cm (20 in) in length. This slow-growing, ovoviviparous shark feeds on smaller squid, fishes, and fish eggs. Smooth lanternshar |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM ♦ 2Feeding ecology of the deep-sea lanternshark Etmopterus pusillus (Elasmobranchii: Etmopteridae) in the northeast Atlantic, JOSÉ C. XAVIER, CÁTIA VIEIRA, CARLOS ASSIS, YVES CHEREL, SIMEON HILL, ESMERALDA COSTA, TERESA C. BORGES and RUI COELHO, Scientia Marina 76(2) June 2012, 301-310, Barcelona (Spain) ♦ 3Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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