Dense-scale lantern shark
Species of shark
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The dense-scale lanternshark (Etmopterus pycnolepis) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific off Peru and Chile.
| Dense-scale lanternshark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. pycnolepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus pycnolepis Kotlyar, 1990 | |
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| Range of the dense-scale lanternshark (in blue) | |
