- Cylindrical lanternshark
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Cylindrical lanternshark Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Etmopteridae Genus: Etmopterus Species: E. carteri Binomial name Etmopterus carteri
(S. Springer & Burgess, 1985)Range of the cylindrical lanternshark (in blue) The cylindrical 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.
Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous with young ones of 10 - 20 cm in length, with 3-20 pups per litter [1].
References
- ^ Florida Atlantic University (2007). "The Lantern Sharks". http://www.science.fau.edu/sharklab/courses/elasmobiology/families/Etmopteridae.pdf.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, 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
Categories:- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Dalatiidae
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