Etmopterus sentosus Bass, D’Aubrey, & Kistnasamy, 1976

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 30

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scientific name	Etmopterus sentosus Bass, D’Aubrey, & Kistnasamy, 1976
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Etmopterus sentosus Bass, D’Aubrey, & Kistnasamy, 1976 View in CoL View at ENA

Thorny Lanternshark

Etmopterus sentosus Bass, D’Aubrey, & Kistnasamy, 1976: 22 View in CoL , figs. 15, 18a. Holotype: SAIAB 6201 About SAIAB [ex ORI 2369 View Materials ]. Type locality: near Bazaruto Island , southern Mozambique.

Local synonymy: Etmopterus sentosus: Bass et al., 1976: 22 View in CoL , figs. 15, 18a; Compagno, 1984a: 64, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 57, fig. 5.15; Compagno et al., 1989: 30, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 115; Compagno et al., 2005: 107, fig., pl. 8.; Ebert, 2013: 82, fig. 101; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 139, fig., pl. 11; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Weigmann, 2016: 897.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6200 [former ORI 1391].

South Africa distribution: Occurs from off Durban to northern KZN.

Remarks: This distinctive lanternshark species appears to be common where it occurs, especially off southern Mozambique.

Conservation status: LC (2019).