Fringefin lanternshark
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 Range of the fringefin lanternshark (in blue)
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The fringefin lanternshark, Etmopterus schultzi, is a shark of the family Dalatiidae found in the western central Atlantic from Texas to Florida, northern Gulf of Mexico, and Mexico between latitudes 30° N and 21° N, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 30 cm.
The fringefin lanternshark is a slender species. On the sides there are widely-spaced slender-crowned hooked denticles, not in regular rows. The second dorsal fin is about twice the area of the first. The first dorsal fin has a small leading spine, the second a much larger spine slightly curved to the rear.
Coloration is light brown above, dusky-grey below, with an elongated narrow dusky mark above and behind the pelvic fins, and on the caudal peduncle.
Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
[edit] References
- "Etmopterus schultzi". 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
