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A New Lanternshark Etmopterus splendidus from the East China Sea and Java Sea

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A new species of the lanternshark Etmopterus splendidus is described. This new species is distinguished from the congeners by the combination of the following characters: distance from snout tip to 1st dorsal spine much less than distance from the spine to upper caudal origin; caudal fin short, much less than head length; dermal denticles on lateral side of trunk with very small, erect thornlike, conical crowns, those on trunk arranged in regular longitudinal rows, and distinctly arranged on interdorsal area and on lateral trunk of interspace between 2nd dorsal and caudal, but not arranged in regular longitudinal rows on dorsal surface of interorbital and o abdomen; color in life purplish-black above and with inconspicuous bluish-black flank marks and three other bluish-black marks at base of caudal fin and along its axis; shape of flank marks narrow anterior to, but broader posterior to pelvic fins.

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  1. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, 3-27, Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

    Kazunari Yano

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Yano, K. A New Lanternshark Etmopterus splendidus from the East China Sea and Java Sea. Jap. Jour. Ich. 34, 421–425 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02905647

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