Broadbanded lanternshark (Etmopterus gracilispinis)

Scientific name: Etmopterus gracilispinis Krefft, 1968

Broadbanded lanternshark (Etmopterus gracilispinis)

The Broadbanded lanternshark (Etmopterus gracilispinis) is a marine fish of the family Etmopteridae.

Biology

Found on outer continental shelves and upper slopes on or near the bottom at depths of 100 to 1,000 m; also pelagic at depths of 70 to 480 m over water 2,240 m deep off Argentina. Feeds on bony fish, octopus, squid and deep-water shrimp. Ovoviviparous.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Etmopterus gracilispinis
Family
Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
Order
Squaliformes (Bramble, Sleeper and Dogfish sharks)
Class
Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
Maximum length
35.0
Depth range
70–1000 m (230–3281 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 70 - 1000 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Virginia and Florida (USA), Uruguay and Argentina; reported off Suriname and Brazil. Southeast Atlantic: off the eastern Cape and northern Natal in South Africa. Some reports of this species from the southeast Atlantic may be misidentifications of the recently described Etmopterus compagnoi.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec assumed to be

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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