Velvet belly lantern shark
Etmopterus spinax
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Etmopterus
Where to Find
Found in 15 diving areas across 11 countries and 2 regions.
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 2 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 4 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 4 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 3 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 5 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 98 records
- Lofoten Islands, Norway - 4 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 235 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 99 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 3 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 41 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 246 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 2 records