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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); carteri: Named after Carter Gilbert (Ref. 27618).

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Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 283 - 356 m (Ref. 27618). Deep-water, preferred ?

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Western Central Atlantic: Colombia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27618); 19.0 cm TL (female)

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A very small, black shark with a short and bluntly rounded snout (its length 5.7-7.5% TL in adults); head and body nearly cylindrical anteriorly, tapering unevenly to a slender caudal peduncle; moderately large eyes; dermal denticles, very small needle-like to spine-like, covering whole body except narrowly along lips, gill slit margins, around cloacal opening, and dorsal surface of claspers. Pectoral fins lobate; small pelvic fins.

Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).

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Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

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Springer, S. and G.H. Burgess, 1985. Two new dwarf dogsharks (Etmopterus, Squalidae), found off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Copeia 1985(3):584-591. (Ref. 27618)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Data deficient (DD)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Etmopterus carteri Springer & Burgess, 1985