Pygmy lanternshark

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| name = Pygmy lanternshark

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Kyne, P.M. |author2=Cavanagh, R.D. |date=2015 |title=Etmopterus fusus |volume=2015 |page=e.T41808A68622624 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41808A68622624.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Etmopterus

| species = fusus

| authority = Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002

| range_map = Etmopterus fusus distmap.png

| range_map_caption = Range of the pygmy lanternshark (in blue)

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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

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  • {{FishBase species | genus = Etmopterus | species = fusus | month = July | year = 2006}}
  • Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 {{ISBN|0-691-12072-2}}

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Category:Etmopterus

Category:Taxa named by Peter R. Last

Category:Taxa named by George H. Burgess

Category:Taxa named by Bernard Séret

Category:Fish described in 2002