Splendid Lantern Shark
Etmopterus splendidus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
The splendid lanternshark is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Pacific at depths between 120 and 210 m. Through the classification of Etmopterus species into several clades based on the positioning of their bioluminescent photophores, the splendid lanternshark can be considered a member of the Etmopterus pusillus clade.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Etmopterus