Great lanternshark


The great lanternshark is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the northeast and northwest Atlantic. Its name was given as at the time of its discovery, it was thought to be bioluminescent, but this has been challenged.

Description

This species of shark is slender and small, generally found in deep water. They can grow up to. It is a black or a very dark brown, uniformly, in color, and lacks an anal fin. It lives from to. The dorsal fins have an associated spine.