West Indian lanternshark

West Indian 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. robinsi
Binomial name
Etmopterus robinsi & G. H. Burgess, 1997
Range of the West Indian lanternshark (in blue)

The West Indian lanternshark (Etmopterus robinsi) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western central Atlantic, at depths between 400 and 800 m (1,300 and 2,600 ft). Its length is up to 31 cm (12 in).

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References[]

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