Caribbean lanternshark
The Caribbean lanternshark (Etmopterus hillianus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern and western Atlantic at depths between 180 and 720 m. Its length is up to 50 cm.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. hillianus |
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| Etmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861) | |
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Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
- Herndon, A.P. & Burgess, G.H. 2006. Etmopterus hillianus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60239A12332346. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60239A12332346.en. Downloaded on 14 October 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus hillianus" 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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