West Indian lanternshark

Taxobox
name = West Indian lanternshark


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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Squaliformes
familia = Dalatiidae
genus = "Etmopterus"
species = "E. robinsi"
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range_map_caption = Range of the West Indian lanternshark (in blue)
binomial = "Etmopterus robinsi"
binomial_authority = Schofield & Burgess, 1997The West Indian lanternshark, "Etmopterus robinsi", is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western central Atlantic off northeastern Florida and the Straits of Florida, south to the offings of Nicaragua, Hispaniola, and the northern Lesser Antilles, at depths of between 400 and 800 m. Its length is up to 31 cm.

The West Indian lanternshark is a stout species with large eyes and a moderately long tail. There are slender, hooked, widely spaced denticles on the sides and snout. It is found on the outermost continental shelves and upper slopes.

Coloration is grey or dark brown above, becoming much darker ventrally with conspicuous black markings above and behind the pelvic fins and on the caudal peduncle. 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