Fringefin 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. schultzi |
Binomial name | |
Etmopterus schultzi (Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953) |
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Range of the fringefin lanternshark (in blue) |
The fringefin lanternshark, Etmopterus schultzi, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western central Atlantic from Texas to Florida, northern Gulf of Mexico, and Mexico.