Caribbean lanternshark

Caribbean lanternshark
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species:
E. hillianus
Binomial name
Etmopterus hillianus
(Poey, 1861)
Range of the Caribbean lanternshark (in blue)

The Caribbean lanternshark (Etmopterus hillianus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern and western Atlantic at depths between 180 and 720 m. Its length is up to 50 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.