Species: Etmopterus carteri, Cylindrical Lantern Shark
snout conical, very short

Etmopterus carteri Springer & Burgess, 1985
Cylindrical Lantern Shark
Body slender, fusiform, tapering to a slender tail base; head and snout ~cylindrical, at level of eyes head as deep as wide; snout very short (5.7-7.5% TL) , bluntly rounded; no nictitating eyelids; spiracle large, behind eye; mouth short, at acute angle; upper teeth with a large central point plus 1-2 (female) to 3-4 (male) smaller points on each side, 30 rows, lower teeth compressed and blade-like, with small, oblique tips, 27-31 rows; five gill slits, all before pectoral base, very short; two dorsal fins, 2nd ~2x area of first, both with long slender grooved spines, 1st ½ height of fin, 2nd as high as fin; first dorsal with origin over inner pectoral margin; nearer pectoral fin axil than origin of pelvics; pectoral fin lobate, rear edge reaches 1st dorsal spine; 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, narrow, not elevated; fins small, with rear fringes; denticles with a single, needle like cusp, cusps shorter at front of body, densely and randomly arranged over head and body.
Body uniform blackish above and below; no obvious black areas of photophores; a line of shiny black under last vertebrae.
Size: 21 cm.
Habitat: Upper continental slopes
Depth: 283-496 m.
SW Caribbean; Honduras to Colombia.

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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
- Mid Water
- Near Surface
- Habitat
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- 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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- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- GC endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- 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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- 21
- Depth Range Min
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- 283
- Depth Range Max
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- 496