African lanternshark

African lanternshark
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Etmopterus
Species:	E. polli
Binomial name
Etmopterus polli (Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953)
Range of the African lanternshark (in blue)

The African lanternshark (Etmopterus polli) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern Atlantic between latitudes 12°N and 18°S, at depths between 300 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 30 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References[]

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Etmopterus polli" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2