Great lanternshark

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Species of shark

title: "Great lanternshark" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["etmopterus", "fish-described-in-1904"] description: "Species of shark" topic_path: "general/etmopterus" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_lanternshark" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of shark ::

| name = Great lanternshark | image = Etmopterus princeps.JPG | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref= | genus = Etmopterus | species = princeps | range_map = Etmopterus princeps distmap.png | range_map_caption = Range of the great lanternshark (in blue) | authority = (Collett, 1904)

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 cm. They are sexually dimorphic; females are larger than males. They are black or very dark brown, uniformly, in color, and lack an anal fin. They live at depths between 570 m and 2200 m. The dorsal fins have an associated spine.

References

References

  1. Kulka, D.W.. (2020). "''Etmopterus princeps''".
  2. {{FishBase species. (2006)
  3. Compagno, Leonard J. V.. (2005). "Sharks of the World". Princeton University Press.
  4. "Rough Sagre Shark, Deep sea animals, Sea sharks, Fishes, Deep sea explorations".
  5. Coelho, Rui. (October 2005). "Length at first maturity of two species of lantern sharks (''Etmopterus spinax'' and ''Etmopterus pusillus'') off southern Portugal". [[Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom]].
  6. Jakobsdóttir, Klara B. (2001-05-01). "Biological aspects of two deep-water squalid sharks: Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825) and Etmopterus princeps (Collett, 1904) in Icelandic waters". Fisheries Research.
  7. "Rough Sagre Shark".

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