Cylindrical lanternshark
Species of shark
title: "Cylindrical lanternshark" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["etmopterus", "taxa-named-by-stewart-springer", "taxa-named-by-george-h.-burgess", "fish-described-in-1985"] description: "Species of shark" topic_path: "general/etmopterus" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindrical_lanternshark" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Species of shark ::
| name = Cylindrical lanternshark | image = Etmopterus carteri.JPG | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref= | genus = Etmopterus | species = carteri | authority = (S. Springer & G. H. Burgess, 1985) | range_map = Etmopterus carteri distmap.png | range_map_caption = Range of the cylindrical lanternshark (in blue) 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.
Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous, with three to 20 pups of 10 – 20 cm in length per litter.
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.
References
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005
References
- Pollom, R.. (2020). "''Etmopterus carteri''".
- Florida Atlantic University. (2007). "The Lantern Sharks".
- (22 September 2018). "Order SQUALIFORMES (Dogfish Sharks)". Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
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