Blurred smooth lantern shark

Japanese ichthyologists Shigeru Shirai and Hiroyuki Tachikawa described the blurred lanternshark in a 1993 article in the scientific journal Copeia, as part of a taxonomic revision of the Etmopterus pusillus species group.

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The Blurred smooth lantern shark lives in the benthopelagic, marine, depth range 163 - 1000 m environment.

The blurred smooth lantern shark, Etmopterus bigelowi, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae.... More

Common names

blurred lantern shark in English
Blurred smooth lantern shark in English
Gevlekte gladde lantaarnhaai in Dutch (Nederlands)
Gevlekte gladde lantaarnhaai in Unknown
smooth lanternshark in English
比氏乌鲨 in Mandarin Chinese
比氏乌鲨 in Unknown
比氏烏鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
比氏烏鯊 in Unknown

Order : Squaliformes
Family : Etmopteridae
Genus : Etmopterus
Species : Etmopterus bigelowi
Authority : Shirai and Tachikawa, 1993

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Blurred smooth lantern shark (Etmopterus bigelowi)