Cylindrical lanternshark
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 Range of the cylindrical lanternshark (in blue)
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The cylindrical lanternshark, Etmopterus carteri, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found along the Caribbean coast of Colombia in South America, at depths of between 285 and 355 m. Its maximum length is 21 cm.
The tiny cylindrical lanternshark is uniformly black with a short and bluntly rounded snout, a nearly cylindrical head and a body tapering unevenly to a slender caudal peduncle. The eyes are moderately large, and very small needle-like to spine-like dermal denticles cover the whole body except narrowly along the lips, the gill slit margins, around the cloacal opening, and the dorsal surface of the claspers. The pectoral fins are lobate, and the pelvic fins are small.
Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
[edit] References
- "Etmopterus carteri". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
