Great lanternshark

Taxobox
name = Great lanternshark


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status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Squaliformes
familia = Dalatiidae
genus = "Etmopterus"
species = "E. princeps"
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range_map_caption = Range of the great lanternshark (in blue)
binomial = "Etmopterus princeps"
binomial_authority = Collett, 1904The great lanternshark, "Etmopterus princeps", is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the northeast and northwest Atlantic, between latitudes 65° N and 13° N, at depths of between 300 and 2,310 m. Its length is up to 75 cm.

The little-known great lanternshark is a large, heavy-bodied lanternshark with a stout blackish body with no conspicuous markings. The gill openings are very long. There are wide-spaced denticles on the sides, not in rows. The second dorsal fin is larger than the first.

It is found on the continental shelves. Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

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* Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, "Sharks of the World", Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2