False lanternshark

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.

False lanternshark
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Etmopterus
Species:	E. pseudosqualiolus
Binomial name
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002
Range of the false lanternshark (in blue)

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