| Great lanternshark | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. princeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus princeps (Collett, 1904) | |
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| Range of the great lanternshark (in blue) | |
The great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the northeast and northwest Atlantic. Its name was given because, at the time of its discovery, it was thought to be bioluminescent, but this has been challenged.
Description
Great lanternsharks are slender and small, and are generally found in deep water. They can grow up to 75 centimetres (30 in). They are black or very dark brown, uniformly, in color, and lack an anal fin. They live at depths between 570 metres (1,870 ft) and 2,200 metres (7,200 ft). The dorsal fins have an associated spine.
References
- Kulka, D.W.; Cotton, C.F.; Buscher, E.; Dureuil, M.; Herman, K.; Jung, A.; Anderson, B.; Dulvy, N.K. (2020). "Etmopterus princeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60242A124455321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60242A124455321.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus princeps". FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Leonard J. V.; Dando, Marc; Fowler, Sarah L. (2005). Sharks of the World. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.
- "Rough Sagre Shark, Deep sea animals, Sea sharks, Fishes, Deep sea explorations". www.deepseawaters.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- Coelho, Rui; Erzini, Karim (October 2005). "Length at first maturity of two species of lantern sharks (Etmopterus spinax and Etmopterus pusillus) off southern Portugal" (PDF). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85 (5): 1163–1165. doi:10.1017/S0025315405012245.
- "Rough Sagre Shark". new-brunswick.net. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
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| Etmopterus princeps |
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