Species: Etmopterus perryi, Dwarf Lantern Shark
D1 origin over/behind pectoral tip

Etmopterus perryi Springer & Burgess, 1985
Dwarf Lantern Shark
Body stout; head and snout flat, long, broad, depth at front of eye 2/3 width; no nictitating eyelids; spiracle large, behind eye; mouth short, at acute angle; upper teeth with a large central point plus usually <3 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, very short; two dorsal fins, second larger (but <2X area of 1st), both with long thick grooved spines, 2nd spine ~2X length of first; first dorsal with origin over/just behind pressed-down pectoral tip, fin much nearer pectoral fin axil than origin of pelvics; pectorals 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 needle like, densely and randomly arranged, cover head and body; flank denticles with slender, hooked points, wide spaced, not in longitudinal rows.
Head and body grey to dark brown above, black below; dark blotch at tip of each tail fin lobe; elongate black mark above & behind pelvics, two black blotches on lower profile of tail base; middle of back without a white stripe but with a central black line or row of black dots.
Size: 21.2 cm.
Habitat: Upper continental slopes
Depth: 230-598 m.
Southern Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Hypersaline
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathypelagic
- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Pelagic crustacea
- 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)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 21.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 230
- Depth Range Max
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- 598