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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Bramble, sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
Etymology: Etmopterus: Greek, ethmos, -ou = sieve or ethmoides bone + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 400 - 800 m (Ref. 55584), usually 549 - 786 m (Ref. 31236). Deep-water, preferred ?

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Western Central Atlantic: off northeastern Florida and the Straits of Florida (USA) south to the offings of Nicaragua, Hispaniola, and the northern Lesser Antilles. It has not been collected in the southern Caribbean Sea and only in the southernmost Gulf of Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 26 - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 31236); 33.8 cm TL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 2. Dark-colored (Ref. 31236).

Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).

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Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

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Schofield, P.J. and G.H. Burgess, 1997. Etmopterus robinsi (Elasmobranchii, Etmopteridae), a new Caribbean species of deepwater lantern shark from the Caribbean Sea and western north Atlantic, with a redescription of Etmopterus hillianus. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(3):1060-1073. (Ref. 31236)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Etmopterus robinsi Schofield & Burgess, 1997