Summary
The southern lanternshark (Etmopterus granulosus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific between latitudes 29°S and 59°S, at depths of between 220 and 1,460 m.[3] This species has been found off Northland, off the Chatham Islands, on the Campbell Plateau, all in New Zealand waters.[4] Its length is up to 60 cm.[3] Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 10 to 13 pups in a litter, length at birth about 18 cm.[3][2] They exhibit bioluminescence.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. granulosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880)
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| Range of the southern lanternshark (in blue) | |
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Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957 [2] | |
Parasites of the southern lanternshark, studied off Chile, include Monogeneans, Digeneans, Cestodes, Nematodes, and Copepodes.[6]
In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified E. granulosus as "Not Threatened" with the qualifier "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[7]
References edit
- ^ Finucci, B.; Lamilla, J. (2018). "Etmopterus granulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T116856245A3120311. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T116856245A3120311.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Weigmann, S. (2016). "Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity". Journal of Fish Biology. 88 (3): 837–1037. Bibcode:2016JFBio..88..837W. doi:10.1111/jfb.12874. PMID 26860638.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Etmopterus granulosus" in FishBase. June 2017 version.
- ^ Roberts, Clive; Stewart, A. L.; Struthers, Carl D.; Barker, Jeremy; Kortet, Salme; Freeborn, Michelle (2015). The fishes of New Zealand. Vol. 2. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 142. ISBN 9780994104168. OCLC 908128805.
- ^ "Glow-in-the-dark sharks found off New Zealand coast". BBC News. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Espínola-Novelo, Juan F.; Escribano, Rubén; Oliva, Marcelo E. (2018). "Metazoan parasite communities of two deep-sea elasmobranchs: the southern lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus, and the largenose catshark, Apristurus nasutus, in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean". Parasite. 25: 53. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018054. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6244290. PMID 30457552.
- ^ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 10. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.
