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Species profile—Etmopterus dianthus (pink lanternshark)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Squalidae (dogfishes) → Etmopterus dianthus (pink lanternshark)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
Family
Squalidae (dogfishes)
Scientific name
Etmopterus dianthus Last, Burgess & Seret, 2002
Common name
pink lanternshark
Type reference
Last, P. R., Burgess, G. H. and and B. Séret (2002). Description of six new species of lantern-sharks of the genus Etmopterus (Squaloidea: Etmopteridae) from the Australasian region. Cybium 203-223.
WildNet taxon ID
22506
Synonym(s)
Etmopterus sp. D
Alternate name(s)
pink lantern shark
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22506.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024