Blackbelly Lanternshark
Etmopterus lucifer
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Etmopterus
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 11 countries and 4 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 110 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 40 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 26 records
- Kaikōura, New Zealand - 94 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 32 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- East Coast, South Korea - 36 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 5 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 7 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records