| False lanternshark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. pseudosqualiolus |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 | |
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| Range of the false lanternshark (in blue) | |
The false lanternshark or false pygmy shark (Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.
References
- ^ Fowler, S.L. & Séret, B. (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003). 2003. Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T41809A10566658. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T41809A10566658.en. Downloaded on 15 October 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 978-0-691-12072-0