Papua New Guinea country information

Common names: Papuan lanternshark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Etmopterus samadiae and is known off the northern mainland of this country, from west of Kairiru Island in East Sepik Province to off Lae in the Huon Gulf (Morobe Province) and at a depth range of 340 to 785 m (Ref. 116206).
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Main Ref: White, W.T., D.A. Ebert, R.R. Mana and S. Corrigan, 2017
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
Etymology: Etmopterus: Greek, ethmos, -ou = sieve or ethmoides bone + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335); samadiae: Named for Dr. Sarah Samadi (MNHN)..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 340 - 785 m (Ref. 116206). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116206); 27.7 cm TL (female)

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Vertebrae: 80 - 86. This relatively small, slender, species of linear-denticled Etmopterus can be distinguished from its closest congeners within the E. lucifer clade by the following set of characters: length of its anterior flank markings slightly shorter than its posterior branch; long caudal base marking; irregular and variable number of black, horizontal, dash-like marks on sides of body; differs from E. brachyurus in having a shorter posterior caudal marking (2.8-4.4 vs. 4.2-6.1% TL), longer caudal base marking (10.6-14.1 vs. 7.0-7.8% TL), and flank marking with a slightly shorter posterior branch (9.1-11.2 vs. 11.4-12.6% TL) (Ref. 116206).

The female individual (27.7 cm TL) was found to be pregnant and the 2 males (23 cm and 26.5 cm TL) were determined to be mature (Ref. 116206).

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White, W.T., D.A. Ebert, R.R. Mana and S. Corrigan, 2017. Etmopterus samadiae n. sp., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4244(3):339-354. (Ref. 116206)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 November 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: of no interest

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00191 - 0.00758), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary low fecundity).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).

Etmopterus samadiae White, Ebert, Mana & Corrigan, 2017