Etmopterus compagnoi, Brown lanternshark

Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke & Koch, 1990

Brown lanternshark
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Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squaliformes (Sleeper and dogfish sharks) > Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
Etymology: Etmopterus: Greek, ethmos, -ou = sieve or ethmoides bone + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Leonard Joseph Victor Compagno (d: 1943) is an American ichthyologist, internationally recognized as authority on shark taxonomy. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Fricke & Koch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 383 - 1300 m (Ref. 106604). Deep-water

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Southeast Atlantic: off southwestern Cape Province and northern Natal in South Africa (Ref. 6577, 11228). Etmopterus compagnoi was formerly confused with Etmopterus gracilispinis Krefft 1968 which also occurs off the eastern Cape and northern Natal.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 55 - ? cm
Max length : 78.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11228)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dark brown in color with no conspicuous flank margins (Ref. 6577).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in deep water. Males mature at 55 cm. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).

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Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

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Heemstra, P.C., 1995. Additions and corrections for the 1995 impression. p. v-xv. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Revised Edition of Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 11228)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 April 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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