Etmopterus compagnoi
| Etmopterus compagnoi | |
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| Etmopterus compagnoi individual parasitized by Anelasma squalicola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. compagnoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke & Koch, 1990
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Etmopterus compagnoi, also known as Compagno's lanternshark, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Atlantic off southwestern Cape Province and northern Natal in South Africa at a depth of 479 to 923 metres.[1] It is sometimes considered conspecific with the brown lanternshark.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus compagnoi". FishBase. June 2017 version.