Blackbelly lanternshark

Blackbelly lanternshark
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Etmopterus
Species:	E. lucifer
Binomial name
	Etmopterus lucifer; D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
	Range of the blackbelly lanternshark (in blue)

The blackbelly lanternshark or lucifer shark, Etmopterus lucifer, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae, found around the world in tropical to temperate seas, at depths between 150 and 1,250 meters.[2] Its length is up to 47 centimeters.[2] This species consumes mesopelagic cephalopods, fishes, and crustaceans.[3]

Blackbelly lanternsharks are ovoviviparous.[2] They exhibit bioluminescence.[4]

In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the blackbelly lanternshark as "Not Threatened" with the qualifiers "Data Poor" and "Secure Overseas" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[5]

References

Finucci, B.; Ebert, D.A.; Schaaf-Da Silva, A (2018). "Etmopterus lucifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T161517A889953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161517A889953.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Carpenter, Kent E.; Capuli, Estelita Emily (2019). "Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder, 1902 Blackbelly lanternshark". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
Roberts, Clive; Stewart, A. L.; Struthers, Carl D.; Barker, Jeremy; Kortet, Salme; Freeborn, Michelle (2015). The fishes of New Zealand. Vol. 2. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 143. ISBN 9780994104168. OCLC 908128805.
"Glow-in-the-dark sharks found off New Zealand coast". BBC News. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 10. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Finucci, B.; Ebert, D.A.; Schaaf-Da Silva, A (2018). "Etmopterus lucifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T161517A889953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161517A889953.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[:0-2] Carpenter, Kent E.; Capuli, Estelita Emily (2019). "Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder, 1902 Blackbelly lanternshark". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

[:2-3] Roberts, Clive; Stewart, A. L.; Struthers, Carl D.; Barker, Jeremy; Kortet, Salme; Freeborn, Michelle (2015). The fishes of New Zealand. Vol. 2. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 143. ISBN 9780994104168. OCLC 908128805.

[4] "Glow-in-the-dark sharks found off New Zealand coast". BBC News. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

[5] Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 10. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.