Caribbean lanternshark
Species of shark
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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.
| Caribbean lanternshark | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. hillianus |
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| Etmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861) | |
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| Range of the Caribbean lanternshark (in blue) | |
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.