African lanternshark

The African lanternshark (Etmopterus polli) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern Atlantic between latitudes 12°N and 18°S, at depths between 300 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 30 cm.

African lanternshark
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Etmopteridae
Genus:	Etmopterus
Species:	E. polli
Binomial name
Etmopterus polli Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953
Range of the African lanternshark (in blue)

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Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

Etymology

The shark is named in honor of Belgian ichthyologist Max Poll, who had discovered the species and sent the specimens to Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology for description.^[2]