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Etmopterus brachyurus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Shorttail lanternshark
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Etmopterus brachyurus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Etmopterus brachyurus
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Mozambique country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: error
Salinity: marine
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Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Previously reported as occurring in southern Mozambique (Ref. 5578, 6577). A recent publication by Compagno (1998, Ref. 31367) however, notes that southern African records may be based on other species (Ref. 31367). Occurrence needs verification.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mz.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ebert, D.A., R.W. Leslie and S. Weigmann, 2021
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sagre porte-feu à queue courte, Tollo lucero mocho, قِرش فانوس قصِير الذّيل, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchi (squali e razze) (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
Etymology: Etmopterus: Greek, ethmos, -ou = sieve or ethmoides bone + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Smith & Radcliffe.

Issue
Research shows that this species is restricted to northwestern Pacific ; Austral-Indonesian records are considered to represent two or three undescribed species (see Ref. 87957); distribution will be resolved (linked to correct species) when publications are received.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; distribuzione batimetrica 100 - 696 m (Ref. 106604).   Deep-water; 37°N - 30°S

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