broadbanded lanternshark (Etmopterus gracilispinis) Description
English: Broadbanded lanternshark (Etmopterus gracilispinis)
Source http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/fish4221.htm
Author SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC
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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. Order: Squaliformes, Family: Etmopteridae.