Caribbean lanternshark

The Caribbean lanternshark (Etmopterus hillianus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern and western Atlantic at depths between 180 and 720 m. Its length is up to 50 cm.

Caribbean lanternshark

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species:
E. hillianus
Binomial name
Etmopterus hillianus
(Poey, 1861)
Range of the Caribbean lanternshark (in blue)

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. Herndon, A.P. & Burgess, G.H. 2006. Etmopterus hillianus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60239A12332346. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60239A12332346.en. Downloaded on 14 October 2017.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus hillianus" 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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