Cylindrical lanternshark
Species of shark
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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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. carteri |
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| Etmopterus carteri (S. Springer & G. H. Burgess, 1985) | |
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| Range of the cylindrical lanternshark (in blue) | |
Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous, with three to 20 pups of 10 – 20 cm in length per litter.[2]
Etymology
The shark is named in honor of Carter R. Gilbert (1930-2022), of the Florida Museum of Natural History, because of his 1967 revision of the hammerhead sharks.[3]