Southern Lantern Shark
Etmopterus granulosus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Sharks and rays
The southern lanternshark is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific between latitudes 29°S and 59°S, at depths of between 220 and 1,460 m. This species has been found off Northland, off the Chatham Islands, on the Campbell Plateau, all in New Zealand waters. Its length is up to 60 cm. Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 10 to 13 pups in a litter, length at birth about 18 cm. They exhibit bioluminescence.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Etmopterus