Blackbelly lanternshark
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
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E. lucifer
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| Etmopterus lucifer D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
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The blackbelly lanternshark or lucifer shark, Etmopterus lucifer, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae, found around the world in tropical to temperate seas, at depths between 150 to 1, 250 meters. Its length is up to 47 centimeters.
Blackbelly lanternsharks are ovoviviparous.
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Wikispecies has information related to: Etmopterus lucifer |
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus lucifer" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
