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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
Etymology: Etmopterus: Greek, ethmos, -ou = sieve or ethmoides bone + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335); pseudosqualiolus: From its similarity of general body shape with squaloid sharks..
More on authors: Last, Burgess & Séret.

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 668 - 1170 m (Ref. 45056). Deep-water

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Western Pacific: Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 45056); 41.4 cm TL (female)

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Body cigar-shaped; deep head conical with a short bulbous snout; preoral length 7.3-8.2 % TL. Eye almost round with a small opalescent lunate patch on upper eyelid margin. Pectoral fins small, rear tip about cornea diameter in front of D2 origin. Dorsal and ventral coloration dark; white conspicuous pineal blotch small and triangular. Caudal peduncle short (14.8-16.6% TL). Upper teeth of mature males usually with 7 cusps, others 9-11, in separated rows; central cusps greatly expanded, about 2 times longer than those adjacent. Denticles small, with a single erected, slightly curved cusps, arranged in irregular rows. Anterior branch of pelvic marking long and slender, posterior branch truncated. Precaudal marking with very long finger-like extensions reaching to central caudal fin. Monospondylous centra 46-47 (Ref. 45056).

Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).

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Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

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Last, P., G.H. Burgess and B. Séret, 2002. Description of six new species of lantern-sharks of the genus Etmopterus (Squaloidea: Etmopteridae) from the Australasian region. Cybium 26(3):203-223. (Ref. 45056)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 June 2017

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 3.2 - 4.5, mean 3.9 °C (based on 85 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00191 - 0.00758), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).

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