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Etmopteridae
shorttail lanternshark
Etmopterus brachyurus
A short tail follows developing embryos
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Mediumshorttail lanternshark is a marine fish found around Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 50 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Dogfish Sharks
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Etmopterus
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Japan to Philippines, possibly Australia (Ref. 124468 ). Austral-Indonesian records are considered to represent two or three undescribed species (see Ref. 87957 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Water
Conservation status
