Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993
Blurred smooth lantern shark
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Etmopterus bigelowi
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
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 Henry Bryant Bigelow (1879–1967) was an American zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Etmopterus: Greek, ethmos, -ou = sieve or ethmoides bone + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Henry Bryant Bigelow (1879–1967) was an American zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 163 - 1000 m (Ref. 57911). Deep-water
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Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. In the western Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico to Argentina (Ref. 57911).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 49.3, range 38 - 47 cm
Max length : 67.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57911); 73.0 cm TL (female)
Max length : 67.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57911); 73.0 cm TL (female)
Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). Feeds on small sharks, squids and myctophids.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).
Main reference
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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 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 November 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Body composition
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Human related
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Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
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Stamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00389 (0.00198 - 0.00766), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.4 ±0.63 se; based on food items. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec assumed to be <10). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). 🛈 |