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Etmopteridae
smooth lanternshark
Etmopterus pusillus
Eating fish eggs lanternfishes squid and small sharks
- Oceanic
- Southern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
Oceanic
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
Mediumsmooth lanternshark is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in coastal waters.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Dogfish Sharks
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Etmopterus
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: northern Gulf of Mexico and southern Brazil to Argentina (Ref. 247 , 6871 ); one specimen collected off the Guianas (Ref. 13608 ). Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Namibia (Ref. 247 , 127434 ). Also in oceanic waters between Argentina and South Africa (Ref. 247 ). Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, and Arabian Sea (Ref.85183). Western Pacific: Australia (Ref. 6871 ), New Zealand (Ref. 26346 ), and Japan (Ref. 247 ). Southeast Pacific: Amber Seamount, Nasca and Sala-y-Gomez.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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