Species: Etmopterus bullisi, Lined Lantern Shark

Etmopterus bullisi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1957
Lined Lantern Shark
Body slender; head and snout flattened, at level of eyes head is wider than deep; snout bluntly wedge-shaped from above, long, flat; no nictitating eyelids; spiracle large, behind eye; mouth short, at acute angle; upper teeth with a large central point plus 1 (female) to 2 (male) smaller points on each side, 25-30 rows, lower teeth compressed and blade-like, with small, oblique tips, 32-34 rows; five gill slits, all before pectoral base, broad; two dorsal fins, second ~twice area of first, both with long thick grooved spines; first dorsal with origin over inner pectoral margin or free rear tip, fin much nearer pectoral fin axil than to origin of pelvics; space between dorsal fins ~distance between snout tip & 1st gill slit; pectoral broadly rounded; no anal fin; no ridges between pectoral and pelvic fins, no precaudal pits, no keel on tail base; tail fin strongly asymmetrical, notch at top, relatively short (top margin length ~snout tip to pectoral origin); fins without rear fringes; denticles stout, thorn-like, in conspicuous longitudinal rows on head and body, those on sides of body with sharp, curved points, skin feels very rough.
Dark sooty grey; underside abruptly black; a light stripe from between eyes to 1st dorsal fin; a vague yellow spot between eyes; elongate black marks above & behind pelvics, and along tail base, extending onto base of tail fin.; luminescent organs a row of black dots along midline of back from nape to base of tail fin, those sometimes in a white stripe.
Size: 30.3 cm.
Habitat: Continental slopes
Depth: 274-824 m.
SE USA to the southern Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Live birth
- No pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 30.3
- Depth Range Min
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- 274
- Depth Range Max
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- 824