The Etmopteridae are a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as lantern sharks. Their name comes from the presence of light-producing...

radiate and adapt to the deep sea. The common ancestor of Dalatiidae, Etmopteridae, Somniosidae, and Oxynotidae possessed a luminous organ and used bioluminescence...

Etmopterus is a genus of lantern sharks in the squaliform family Etmopteridae. They are found in deep sea ecosystems of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific...

(Trigonognathus kabeyai) is a rare species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae, and the only extant member of its genus. It has been found in the Pacific...

lanternshark (Etmopterus lailae) is a species of lanternshark of the family Etmopteridae, found in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Koko and south Kanmu seamounts)...

lanternshark (Etmopterus brosei) is a species of lanternshark of the family Etmopteridae, found in the Southwest Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic Ocean (precisely...

lanternshark (Etmopterus perryi) is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae and is the smallest shark in the world, reaching a maximum known length...

sharks Dalatiidae – kite-fin sharks Echinorhinidae – bramble sharks Etmopteridae – lantern sharks Oxynotidae – rough sharks Somniosidae – sleeper sharks...

whitecheek lanternshark (Etmopterus alphus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds...

highfin dogfish (Centroscyllium excelsum) is a sleeper shark of the family Etmopteridae, found in the northwest Pacific Ocean on the Emperor Seamount chain between...

lanternshark or slate lanternshark (Etmopterus viator) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae. It is found in the northern part of the Kerguelen Plateau in the Southern...

villosus) is a species of small squaliform shark in the family Etmopteridae. This type of Etmopteridae have a small but sturdy body. Research has found that females...

The ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi) is of the family Etmopteridae, found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Nicaragua, south to Panama and Costa...

belly) (Etmopterus spinax) is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae. One of the most common deepwater sharks in the northeastern Atlantic...

lanternshark or lucifer shark (Etmopterus lucifer) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found around the world in tropical and temperate seas at depths between...

smalleye lanternshark (Etmopterus litvinovi) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific off Peru and Chile, at depths between...

lanternshark (Etmopterus marshae) is a species of shark in the family Etmopteridae. It is found in the Western Pacific near the Philippines and can reach...

fringefin lanternshark (Etmopterus schultzi) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western central Atlantic from Texas to Florida, northern...

Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks) Dalatiidae Etmopteridae Oxynotidae (Rough sharks) Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)...

The great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the northeast and northwest Atlantic. Its name was given because...

(2015). "Etmopterus benchleyi n. sp., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the central eastern Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean...

shortfin smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus joungi) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found off the northeastern coast of Taiwan, at depths of between 430...

sculpted lanternshark (Etmopterus sculptus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found from the Southeast Atlantic and Southwest Indian Ocean, specifically...

Elasmobranchii Subdivision Selachii Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks) Dalatiidae Etmopteridae Oxynotidae Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)...

The pink lanternshark (Etmopterus dianthus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found around Australia and New Caledonia, at depths of between 110 and...

dense-scale lanternshark (Etmopterus pycnolepis) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific off Peru and Chile. Ebert, D.A.; Kyne...

Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks) Family Dalatiidae (Kitefin sharks) Family Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks) Family Oxynotidae (Rough sharks) Family Somniosidae...

Centrophoridae (Gulper sharks) Dalatiidae Etmopteridae Oxynotidae (Rough sharks) Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks) Squalidae (Dogfish sharks)...

lanternshark (Etmopterus samadiae) is a species of shark in the family Etmopteridae, found in areas of Papua New Guinea. The Papuan lanternshark is small...

bullisi, sometimes called the lined lanternshark, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Atlantic from North Carolina to northern Florida...