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Etmopterus bigelowi in life
In life — Smooth Lanternshark, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) NOAANMFSMississippi Laboratory, some rights reserved (CC BY)
BPBM 40192Ichthyology

Etmopterus bigelowi

Smooth Lanternshark

As recorded: Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993

Animalia › Chordata › Elasmobranchii › Squaliformes › Etmopteridae

Collected by
R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 8805, leg 2, station 253station →V Townsend Cromwell cruise 8805 →
Date
August 20, 1988
Locality
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; SE Hancock Seamount
Record type
Preserved specimen
8 Bishop specimens of Etmopterus bigelowi · collected 1985–1988Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 20, 1988, R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 8805, leg 2, station 253 also collected 1 other specimen.

Etmopterus pusillus

Ichthyology

Cite this specimen

Etmopterus bigelowi. BPBM 40192. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090168738. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/40192.

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