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Pygmy lanternshark

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Kingdom
  
Subclass
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Genus
  
Etmopterus

Higher classification
  
Etmopterus

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Pink lanternshark, Combtooth lanternshark, Caribbean lanternshark, Short‑tail lanternshark, Ornate dogfish

The pygmy lanternshark, Etmopterus fusus, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern Indian Ocean from northern Western Australia and possibly Java, at depths of between 430 and 550 m. Its length is up to 26 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

Pygmy lanternshark Wikipedia


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