- Green lanternshark
Taxobox
name = Green lanternshark
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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Chondrichthyes
subclassis =Elasmobranchii
ordo =Squaliformes
familia =Dalatiidae
genus = "Etmopterus "
species = "E. virens"
range_
range_map_width = 200px
range_map_caption = Range of the green lanternshark (in blue)
binomial = "Etmopterus virens"
binomial_authority = Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953The green lanternshark, "Etmopterus virens", is a shark of the familyDalatiidae found in the western centralAtlantic fromTexas toFlorida and the northernGulf of Mexico , andNicaragua andSuriname betweenlatitude s 30° N and 9° N, at depths of between 100 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 26 cm.The green lanternshark is a dwarf slender lanternshark with a long narrow tail. The
gill openings are very short. The upper teeth generally have less than three pairs of cusplets. The trunk has short stout hookeddenticle s on the side, and these also cover the snout.They may school and communally attack and eat quite large prey, for example
squid .Coloration is dark brown or grey-brown, with an elongated broad black mark above and behind the
pelvic fin s and other marks at the tail base and along the axis. The underside is black.Reproduction is presumed to be
ovoviviparous .References
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* Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, "Sharks of the World", Princeton University Press, New Jersey2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
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