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Blackbelly Lanternshark

Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder 1902

Description

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Found on the outer continental and insular shelves and upper slopes. Feeds on squids, shrimps, bony fishes including lanternfishes. Development presumably ovoviviparous.
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WoRMS Editorial Board
bibliographic citation
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
contributor
Edward Vanden Berghe [email]

Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls
license
cc-by-4.0
copyright
WoRMS Editorial Board
bibliographic citation
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
contributor
[email]