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Etmopteridae
Green lanternshark
Etmopterus virens
Luminous schools tackle squid larger than themselves
- Green
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Medium
Green
Regional distribution
MediumGreen lanternshark is a marine fish from Western Central Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 23 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Dogfish Sharks
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Etmopterus
- Maximum length
- 23 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Western Central Atlantic: Texas to Florida (USA), northern Gulf of Mexico, and Nicaragua. Reported off Suriname (Ref. 13608 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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