Cylindrical lanternshark
The cylindrical lanternshark or Carter Gilbert's lanternshark (Etmopterus carteri) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found along the Caribbean coast of Colombia in South America, at depths of between 285 and 355 m. Its maximum length is 21 cm.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. carteri |
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| Etmopterus carteri (S. Springer & G. H. Burgess, 1985) | |
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Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous, with three to 20 pups of 10 – 20 cm in length per litter.[2]
References
- Cavanagh, R.D. 2006. Etmopterus carteri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60238A12332262. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60238A12332262.en. Downloaded on 14 October 2017.
- Florida Atlantic University (2007). "The Lantern Sharks" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus carteri" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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