Great lanternshark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
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.