False lanternshark

False lanternshark
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Etmopterus
Species:	E. pseudosqualiolus
Binomial name
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002
Range of the false lanternshark (in blue)

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The false lanternshark or false pygmy shark (Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia.

References

1. Kyne, P.M.; Finucci, B. (2018). "Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T41809A116737093. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41809A116737093.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus". FishBase . July 2006 version.
• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN   978-0-691-12072-0