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Etmopterus virens
Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953
Green lanternshark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Squaliformes Etmopteridae
Reference of the original description
New and little known sharks from the Atlantic and from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 109(3), 213–276
New and little known sharks from the Atlantic and from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 109(3), 213–276
Image of the original description
Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder& Springer, 1953, © Bigelow et al, 1953
Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder& Springer, 1953, © Bigelow et al, 1953
Types
Etmopterus virens
Holotype: USNM: 160859; Paratype: BMNH: 1955.5.11.4 MCZ: 38163 MCZ: 38160 MCZ: 38081 USNM: 160864; USNM: 160862; USNM: 160854; USNM: 160853; USNM: 160852; USNM: 113380; USNM: 165560; USNM: 160863; USNM: 160861;
Etmopterus virens
Holotype: USNM: 160859; Paratype: BMNH: 1955.5.11.4 MCZ: 38163 MCZ: 38160 MCZ: 38081 USNM: 160864; USNM: 160862; USNM: 160854; USNM: 160853; USNM: 160852; USNM: 113380; USNM: 165560; USNM: 160863; USNM: 160861;
Description :
Citation: Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 10/2025
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Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder& Springer, 1953, © FAO, www.fish-base.org
Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder& Springer, 1953, © FAO, www.fish-base.org
Common names
Tollo lucero verde, 
Sagre vert, 
Green lantern shark, Green lanternshark
Tollo lucero verde, Sagre vert, Green lantern shark, Green lanternshark
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: Texas to Florida (USA), northern Gulf of Mexico, and Nicaragua. Reported off Suriname [2445]. Source: www.gbif.org
Western Central Atlantic: Texas to Florida (USA), northern Gulf of Mexico, and Nicaragua. Reported off Suriname [2445]. Source: www.gbif.org
Human uses
fisheries: of no interest
fisheries: of no interest
Dentition
Teeth smooth edged, 34/32 in type specimen, 29/24 in female of 153 mm.; no median tooth in lower jaw in either case; upper teeth mostly with 5 cusps, occasionally with only 4 (1 lateral cusp on the one side, 2 on the other), the median cusp much the longest, the outermost cusp on each side very small. Lower teeth with cusps directed so strongly outward, toward the corner of the mouth, that the inner edges of the functional row form an almost continuous cutting edge parallel with the jaw [2749];
Teeth smooth edged, 34/32 in type specimen, 29/24 in female of 153 mm.; no median tooth in lower jaw in either case; upper teeth mostly with 5 cusps, occasionally with only 4 (1 lateral cusp on the one side, 2 on the other), the median cusp much the longest, the outermost cusp on each side very small. Lower teeth with cusps directed so strongly outward, toward the corner of the mouth, that the inner edges of the functional row form an almost continuous cutting edge parallel with the jaw [2749];
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=2196;
shark-references Species-ID=2196;
