Etmopteridae

Barrie's lanternshark

Etmopterus brosei

White cheek patches divide glowing ventral markings

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Barrie's lanternshark (Etmopterus brosei) is a species of lanternshark of the family Etmopteridae, found in the Southwest Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic Ocean (precisely in South Africa, Madagascar Ridge, and southern Mozambique). It lives on seamounts and continental slopes at depths of 480–1,200 m (1,570–3,940 ft). This deep-water shark was previously misidentified with sculpted lanternshark and also resembles blackbelly lanternshark in having linear rows of dermal denticles.