-a species of dogfish
-found from Iceland and norway to Gabon and South Africa. Also in the Mediterranean Sea, the Azores, the Canary islands, Cape Verde, and some off of Cape Province, South Africa.
-lives at depths ranging from 70-2,490 m or 230-8,170 ft
-usually no more than 45 cm long
-a bioluminescent shark
-young velvet bellies eat krill and small bony fish. older ones eat squid and shrimp
-they give birth to 6-20 young every 2 or 3 years
-robustly built
-moderately long, broad, flattened snout
-small upper teeth
-larger lower teeth
-it is brown from above, but abruptly changes to black on the under side
-its belly has numerous photophores that give off a blue-green light that you can see from 9.8 to 13 ft away
-Varying densities of photophores are arranged in nine patches on the shark's sides and belly, creating a pattern unique to this species
-one of the most abundant deep-sea sharks in the northeastern Atlantic
-these sharks are most abundant at 200-500m
-as these sharks mature and grow older they swim deeper so usually the larger sharks are found deeper
-on the scale of extinction they are Least Concerned
-in the family Etmopteridae
-scientific name is Etmopterus spinax
-they use both their eyes and a small gland in the brain to monitor information on -light shining down from above to change the brightness of their bellies
-this helps them so they can grab prey like krill almost invisibly
-these are 5 gilled sharks with blunt, frayed edge fins
-genus= Etmopterus
-unlike most sharks they don't have an anal fin
-this shark in addition to its bioluminescent belly it had bioluminescent eyes
-it has a distinct spin on the leading edge on each of its dorsal fins
The smallest known shark, the dwarf lantern shark, is only about 8 inches long. Even so, this little fish has a full set of tiny teeth, the smallest shark teeth there are.
The basking and the whale shark do not eat any meat as well as the dwarf lantern shark.
Sharks come in all different sizes, ranging from the dwarf lantern shark which fits in the palm of your hand, to the whale shark (cleverly named) which can be upwards of 40 or 50 feet. But don't worry, it doesn't attack humans. :)
camaflaogue if you're underneath a shark he will blend into the sky with a lighter colour belly think about old war aircraft that were green on top like the ground and light gray underneath like the sky
sharks can grow to 50 feet but not all canThe length of a shark vary widely from 10 centimeters to 12.64 meters. The smallest known shark is the dwarf lantern shark, or dwarf saggitaria. The largest know shark is the whale shark, or rhincodon typus.The largest know shark ever is now extinct. It is commonly called the megalodon, but the scientific name for it is carcharocles megalodon. It probably grew to a length of about 60 feet.Sharks range in size from a couple feet to 40 feet. Great white females generally max out at about 23-25 feet.
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The smallest known shark, the dwarf lantern shark, is only about 8 inches long. Even so, this little fish has a full set of tiny teeth, the smallest shark teeth there are.
An adult Dwarf lantern shark weighs only 1/2 of an ounce!
The shark, unless you can take on hundreds of pounds of raw, underwater power.
They grow up to 20 inches, (50cm).
About 6-8 inches long.
it swims in deep water
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