Broadbanded lanternshark
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Superorder: | Squalomorphi |
| Series: | Squalida |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. gracilispinis
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| Etmopterus gracilispinis G. Krefft, 1968
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| Range of the broadbanded lanternshark (in blue) | |
The broadbanded lanternshark (Etmopterus gracilispinis) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western and southeast Atlantic, between latitudes 40°N and 45°S, at depths of between 70 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 35 cm. Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.[2]
References
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- ^ Burgess, G.H., Amorim, A.F., Mancini, P. & Gonzalez, P. (2007). Etmopterus gracilispinis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63108A12607168.en
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus gracilispinis". FishBase. July 2006 version.
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