Blackbelly lanternshark
| Blackbelly lanternshark | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. lucifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus lucifer D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 | |
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| Range of the blackbelly lanternshark (in blue) | |
The blackbelly lanternshark or lucifer shark, Etmopterus lucifer, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae, found around the world in tropical to temperate seas, at depths between 150 to 1,250 meters. Its length is up to 47 centimeters.
Blackbelly lanternsharks are ovoviviparous.
References
- ↑ Ebert, D.A. & Schaaf-DaSilva, J.A. 2009. Etmopterus lucifer. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161517A5441335. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161517A5441335.en. Downloaded on 14 October 2017.
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Wikispecies has information related to Etmopterus lucifer |
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus lucifer" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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