Etmopterus compagnoi
Appearance
Etmopterus compagnoi | |
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Etmopterus compagnoi individual parasitized by Anelasma squalicola | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Etmopteridae |
Genus: | Etmopterus |
Species: | E. compagnoi
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Binomial name | |
Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke & Koch, 1990
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Etmopterus compagnoi is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Atlantic off southwestern Cape Province and northern Natal in South Africa at a depth of 479 to 923 metres.[1] It is sometimes considered conspecific with the brown lanternshark.
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus compagnoi". FishBase. June 2017 version.