Barrie's lanternshark

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Barrie's lanternshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species:
E. brosei
Binomial name
Etmopterus brosei
Ebert, Leslie & Weigmann, 2021[2]
Range of Barrie's lanternshark

Barrie's lanternshark (Etmopterus brosei) is a type of lanternshark of the family Etmopteridae, found in Southwest Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic Ocean (precisely in South Africa, Madagascar Ridge, and southern Mozambique).[2][1] It lives on seamounts and continental slopes at depths of 480–1,200 m (1,570–3,940 ft).[2][1] This deep-water shark was previously misidentified with sculpted lanternshark and also resembles blackbelly lanternshark in having linear rows of dermal denticles.[2][1]

Barrie's lanternshark has these sets of characteristics which making it differ from its congeners: the dermal denticles arrangement along the body; the presence of dermal denticles on the dorsal fin base; the arrangement of flank and caudal markings; the shape and size of flank markings; and the vertebral count.[2]

This shark is sometimes accidentally caught by deep-water fisheries operating in southern Africa. Nevertheless, the major population of this species lives deeper than the fisheries.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Finucci, B.; D'Alberto, M. (2022). "Etmopterus brosei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T211715807A211716453.
  2. ^ a b c d e Ebert, D.A.; Leslie, R.W.; Weigmann, S. (2021). "Etmopterus brosei sp. nov.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade". Marine Biodiversity. 51 (53): 1–17. Bibcode:2021MarBd..51...53E. doi:10.1007/s12526-021-01173-0. S2CID 236343587.