Velvet belly lantern shark

Taxobox
name = Velvet belly lantern shark
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Squaliformes
familia = Dalatiidae
genus = Etmopterus
species = "E. spinax"
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range_map_caption = Range of the velvet belly lanternshark (in blue)
binomial = "Etmopterus spinax"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) The velvet belly lantern shark, "Etmopterus spinax", is a shark of the family Dalatiidae, found on the outer continental shelves and upper slopes of the eastern Atlantic, from Iceland to South Africa, down to depths of 2,500 m between latitudes 70° N and 38° S. Its length is up to 60 cm.

The velvet belly lantern shark feeds on small fishes, squids, and crustaceans. It is utilized for fishmeal and prepared dried salted for human consumption. Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 6 to 20 pups in a litter.

ee also

* List of sharks

References

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