Caribbean lanternshark
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Species of shark
Caribbean lanternshark | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Etmopteridae |
Genus: | Etmopterus |
Species: | E. hillianus
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Binomial name | |
Etmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861)
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Range of the Caribbean lanternshark (in blue) |
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.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
[edit]- ^ Cotton, C.F.; Herman, K.; Derrick, D. (2020). "Etmopterus hillianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60239A3097165. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60239A3097165.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus hillianus". FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
Etmopterus hillianus | |
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Spinax hillianus |