Cylindrical lanternshark
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. carteri
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| Etmopterus carteri (S. Springer & G. H. Burgess, 1985)
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| Range of the cylindrical lanternshark (in blue) | |
The cylindrical lanternshark or Carter Gilbert's lanternshark (Etmopterus carteri) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found along the Caribbean coast of Colombia in South America, at depths of between 285 and 355 m. Its maximum length is 21 cm.
Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous, with three to 20 pups of 10 – 20 cm in length per litter.[2]
References
- ^ Cavanagh, R.D. 2006. Etmopterus carteri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60238A12332262. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60238A12332262.en. Downloaded on 14 October 2017.
- ^ Florida Atlantic University (2007). "The Lantern Sharks" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Etmopterus carteri" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2