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Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
Etymology: Etmopterus: Greek, ethmos, -ou = sieve or ethmoides bone + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335); westraliensis: Name 'westraliensis' from the type locality of the species, western Australia. A noun in apposition.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 362 - 610 m (Ref. 138111). Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.1 cm TL (female)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: hook-like denticles; dorsal fins covered with denticles (except in juveniles); origin of the flank-marking base well anterior to the second dorsal-fin origin; underside of snout with a reversed ‘W’-shaped naked area; length of the ventral portion of caudal-base marking much longer than its width; and caudal-base marking 9.5%-10.0% TL, with tip tapering (Ref. 138111).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Ng, S.-L., W.T. White, K.-M. Liu and S.-J. Joung, 2025. Etmopterus westraliensis, a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Western Australia, with redescription of Etmopterus brachyurus. J Fish Biol. 2025;1-18. (Ref. 138111)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00198 - 0.00766), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |