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Species of shark From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Etmopterus burgessi, sometimes known as the broad-snout lanternshark, is a lanternshark of the family Etmopteridae in the order Squaliformes. It is found only around Taiwan.
| Etmopterus burgessi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. burgessi |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus burgessi Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert, 2006 | |
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| Known range of the Broad-snout lanternshark (in blue) | |
The shark is named in honor of George H. Burgess of the Florida Museum of Natural History, in thanks to his contributions to the systematics of Etmopterus.[2]
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