Etmopterus bullisi
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Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes)
Squaliformes (Dogfish Sharks)
Etmopteridae (Lantern Sharks)
Etmopterus
Etmopterus bullisi
Description
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Characters
Slender body with acute snout and long tail; posterior margins of fins not fringed; dermal denticles along sides of body have slender hooked crowns and are arranged in regular longitudinal rows; snout relatively long, greater than mouth width and nearly as long as distance from mouth to origin of pectoral fin; anterior nasal flap short; teeth of upper jaw narrow with median cusps and two pairs of lateral cusplets; teeth of lower jaw broad, bladelike, with narrow oblique cusps and lateral blade, forming interlocked cutting edge; upper jaw has 18 to 20 tooth rows, and lower jaw has 27 to 31; dorsal fins preceded by spine; origin of first dorsal fin above free tip of pectoral fin; second dorsal fin higher and longer based than first dorsal fin; distance between dorsal fins less than distance from tip of snout to first gill slit; pectoral fin has broadly rounded rear corner; dorsal lobe of caudal fin well developed but shorter than distance from tip of snout to
Dark gray dorsally and abruptly black ventrally, with narrow, elongate, black area above and behind pelvic fin base, and pale yellow spot on head over pineal eye
Distribution
Western North Atlantic from North Carolina to the Straits of Florida and off Honduras
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Depth range between 200 and 350 m
Biology
Small crustaceans and squids
Maximum known size is 23 to 24 cm TL
Found on the continental slopes at about 366 m depth. Length given comes from an immature specimen. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: internal (oviduct); bearers (internal live bearers). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2019-06-20. Resilience: Low (Fec assumed to be <100).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters mentioned
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Bigelow and Schroeder 1957
Castro 1983
Compagno 1984
Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966) Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
Compagno, L.J.V. (1984) FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO.
Kiraly, S.J., J.A. Moore and P.H. Jasinski (2003) Deepwater and other sharks of the U.S. Atlantic Ocean Exclusive Economic Zone. Mar. Fish. Rev. 65(4):1-64.
Ebert, D.A., R.W. Leslie and S. Weigmann (2021) Etmopterus brosei sp. nov.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade. Marine Biodiversity 51(53):1-17. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-021-01173-0
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