Template:Did you know nominations/Ninja lanternshark


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The result was: rejected by  Jolly  Ω   Janner  22:54, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Ninja lanternshark

 * ... that the specific name of the Ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi) honours Peter Benchley, the shark conservationist and author of the 1974 novel Jaws?



Created by AshLin (talk), Planonasus (talk), and DRosenbach (talk). Nominated by AshLin (talk) at 16:44, 26 December 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Length, date, hook checks out. No close paraphrase noted. Image on Commons . But the nomination needs QPQ. --Soman (talk) 14:21, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually, I can't find evidence that the source of the image is CC. --Soman (talk) 14:29, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg A QPQ review still needs to be performed for this to move forward. North America1000 08:39, 10 January 2016 (UTC)