- Broadbanded lanternshark
Taxobox
name = Broadbanded lanternshark
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Chondrichthyes
subclassis =Elasmobranchii
ordo =Squaliformes
familia =Dalatiidae
genus = "Etmopterus "
species = "E. gracilispinis"
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range_map_caption = Range of the broadbanded lanternshark (in blue)
binomial = "Etmopterus gracilispinis"
binomial_authority = Krefft, 1968The broadbanded lanternshark, "Etmopterus gracilispinis", is a shark of the familyDalatiidae found in the westernAtlantic fromVirginia andFlorida ,Uruguay andArgentina , and reported offSuriname , betweenlatitude s 40° N and 45° S, at depths of between 70 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 35 cm.The broadbanded lanternshark is stout, with a short tail and small conical
denticle s, not forming conspicuous lines along the body. It is found on outercontinental shelves and upper slopes on or near the bottom, and is alsopelagic at depths of 70 to 480 m over water 2,240 m deep off Argentina. Thegill openings are very short. The seconddorsal fin is about twice the area of the first.It feeds on bony fish,
octopus ,squid and deep-watershrimp .Coloration is brown above, becoming black ventrally with inconspicuous, elongated, broad black marks above the
ventral fin s and along thecaudal fin and at its base. Reproduction is presumed to beovoviviparous .References
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* Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, "Sharks of the World", Princeton University Press, New Jersey2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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