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Etmopteridae
Dense-scale lantern shark
Etmopterus pycnolepis
Dense denticles form dark armor plates
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Large
Regional distribution
Marine fish
LargeThe dense-scale lanternshark (Etmopterus pycnolepis) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific off Peru and Chile.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Dogfish Sharks
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Etmopterus
- Maximum length
- 51.1 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Southeastern Pacific: Nazca and Sala y Gomez submarine ridges
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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