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velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax)
Subject: velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax)
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velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax)


Description Etmopterus spinax
Date 1877
Source Les poissons http://www.archive.org/details/lespoissonssynon03gerv Gervais, H.
Author Gervais et Boulart
Location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etmopterus_spinax_Gervais.jpg

The velvet belly lanternshark (or simply velvet belly, Etmopterus spinax) is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae. One of the most common deepwater sharks in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the velvet belly is found from Iceland and Norway to Gabon and South Africa at a depth of 20–2,490 m. Order: Squaliformes, Family: Etmopteridae.
Synonyms:
Etmopterus aculeatus Rafinesque, 1810
Spinax gunneri Reinhardt, 1825
Spinax linnei Malm, 1877
Spinax niger Cloquet, 1816
Spinax vitulinus de la Pylaie, 1835
Squalus infernus Blainville, 1825
Squalus niger Gunnerus, 1763
Squalus spinax Linnaeus, 1758

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