Etmopterus compagnoi
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| 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 |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. compagnoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke & Koch, 1990 | |
Etmopterus compagnoi, also known as Compagno's lanternshark, 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.
