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Etmopterus perryi
Springer & Burgess, 1985
Dwarf lantern shark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Squaliformes Etmopteridae
Reference of the original description
Two new dwarf dogsharks (Etmopterus, Squalidae), found off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Copeia, 1985(3), 584–591
Two new dwarf dogsharks (Etmopterus, Squalidae), found off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Copeia, 1985(3), 584–591
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Types
Etmopterus perryi
Holotype: USNM: 206093; Paratype: UF: 40694 (old: USNM 206222 and 220279); UF: 40693 (old: USNM 206095, in part); UF: 27973; UF: 40692 (old: USNM 220286); USNM: 206095; USNM: 206221; USNM: 206094;
Etmopterus perryi
Holotype: USNM: 206093; Paratype: UF: 40694 (old: USNM 206222 and 220279); UF: 40693 (old: USNM 206095, in part); UF: 27973; UF: 40692 (old: USNM 220286); USNM: 206095; USNM: 206221; USNM: 206094;
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Citation: Etmopterus perryi Springer & Burgess, 1985: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2024
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Etmopterus perryi Springer & Burgess, 1985, captured in the Colombian Caribbean, © PARAMO, J. & WIFF, R. & GONZÁLEZ, R. 2021 A matter of size: the population structure of the smallest known living shark, Etmopterus perryi (Springer & Burgess, 1985), from deep-waters off the Colombian Caribbean coast. Journal of Fish Biology
Etmopterus perryi Springer & Burgess, 1985, captured in the Colombian Caribbean, © PARAMO, J. & WIFF, R. & GONZÁLEZ, R. 2021 A matter of size: the population structure of the smallest known living shark, Etmopterus perryi (Springer & Burgess, 1985), from deep-waters off the Colombian Caribbean coast. Journal of Fish Biology
Common names
Dwarf lantern shark
Dwarf lantern shark
Short Description
Body strongly marked with light and dark areas, streaks and spots; very small (probably the smallest shark) with a somewhat flattened head and snout (its depth 2/3 or less than its width); moderately large eyes; slender, needle-shaped denticles in random, dense array; fins moderately large.
Body strongly marked with light and dark areas, streaks and spots; very small (probably the smallest shark) with a somewhat flattened head and snout (its depth 2/3 or less than its width); moderately large eyes; slender, needle-shaped denticles in random, dense array; fins moderately large.
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: Colombia and Venezuela.
Western Central Atlantic: Colombia and Venezuela.
Dentition
Teeth in about 25/32 rows-30/34 rows, sexually dimorphic in adults; the males with upper jaw teeth generally with five cusps, the middle cusp less than twice as long as the next lateral cusps; the females with upper jaw teeth of central part usually with three cusps, the central cusp twice the length of lateral cusps, and teeth generally stronger and heavier than teeth of males. Lower jaw teeth are about as in other species of Etmopterus, to a slight degree the tips turn up more than in the larger species of Etmopterus or of Squalus [3663];
Teeth in about 25/32 rows-30/34 rows, sexually dimorphic in adults; the males with upper jaw teeth generally with five cusps, the middle cusp less than twice as long as the next lateral cusps; the females with upper jaw teeth of central part usually with three cusps, the central cusp twice the length of lateral cusps, and teeth generally stronger and heavier than teeth of males. Lower jaw teeth are about as in other species of Etmopterus, to a slight degree the tips turn up more than in the larger species of Etmopterus or of Squalus [3663];
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=2180;
shark-references Species-ID=2180;
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