Cylindrical lanternshark

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Cylindrical lanternshark
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Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species:
E. carteri
Binomial name
Etmopterus carteri
(S. Springer & G. H. Burgess, 1985)
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Range of the cylindrical lanternshark (in blue)

The cylindrical lanternshark or Carter Gilbert's 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 three to 20 pups of 10 – 20 cm in length per litter.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Pollom, R.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Navia, A.F.; Herman, K. (2020). "Etmopterus carteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60238A124454988. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60238A124454988.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Florida Atlantic University (2007). "The Lantern Sharks" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (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
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