Species profile—Etmopterus dianthus (pink lanternshark)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Squalidae (dogfishes) → Etmopterus dianthus (pink lanternshark)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
- Family
- Squalidae (dogfishes)
- Scientific name
- Etmopterus dianthus Last, Burgess & Seret, 2002
- Common name
- pink lanternshark
- Type reference
- Last, P. R., Burgess, G. H. and and B. Séret (2002). Description of six new species of lantern-sharks of the genus Etmopterus (Squaloidea: Etmopteridae) from the Australasian region. Cybium 203-223.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22506
- Synonym(s)
- Etmopterus sp. D
- Alternate name(s)
- pink lantern shark
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22506.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
