Cylindrical lanternshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species:
E. carteri
Binomial name
Etmopterus carteri
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]

Etymology

The shark is named in honor of Carter R. Gilbert (1930-2022), of the Florida Museum of Natural History, because of his 1967 revision of the hammerhead sharks.[3]

References

  1. ^ Pollom, R.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Navia, A.F.; Herman, K. (2020). "Etmopterus carteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60238A124454988. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60238A124454988.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Florida Atlantic University (2007). "The Lantern Sharks" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SQUALIFORMES (Dogfish Sharks)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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