Etmopterus robinsi, West Indian lanternshark

Etmopterus robinsi Schofield & Burgess, 1997

West Indian 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 Charles Richard ‘Dick’ Robins (1928–2020) was an American systematic ichthyologist whom one etymology honoured as an ‘eelologist’; as well as a colleague, advisor and friend, for his contributions to the knowledge of fishes (including [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 400 - 800 m (Ref. 55584), usually 549 - 786 m (Ref. 31236). Deep-water

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Western Central Atlantic: off northeastern Florida and the Straits of Florida (USA) south to the offings of Nicaragua, Hispaniola, and the northern Lesser Antilles. It has not been collected in the southern Caribbean Sea and only in the southernmost Gulf of Mexico.

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Maturity: Lm ?, range 26 - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 31236); 33.8 cm TL (female)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 2. Dark-colored (Ref. 31236).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).

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Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

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Schofield, P.J. and G.H. Burgess, 1997. Etmopterus robinsi (Elasmobranchii, Etmopteridae), a new Caribbean species of deepwater lantern shark from the Caribbean Sea and western north Atlantic, with a redescription of Etmopterus hillianus. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(3):1060-1073. (Ref. 31236)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 June 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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