Etmopteridae

broadband lantern shark

Etmopterus gracilispinis

Leaving the bottom to hunt octopus squid and shrimp

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• North America
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium

The broadbanded lanternshark (Etmopterus gracilispinis) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western and southeast Atlantic, between latitudes 40°N and 45°S, at depths of between 70 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 35 cm. Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.