Description: Over 1000 mm length. A dogshark, family Squalidae, and looks very much like the widely distributed Centroscyllium
fabricii, known from 200 - 1,600 m, including off W. Africa. Color, robustness, caudal fin, size and placement of dorsal fins are all right - need a better image to
see spines on leading edges of dorsal fins. Item Type: Image Title: Shark Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Centroscyllium fabricii Behaviour: Swimming in the water column. Site: Atlantic -- South Atlantic -- Nigeria -- Akpo fieldAtlantic -- Central Atlantic -- Nigeria -- Akpo field Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1366m Latitude: 3 deg 07' 00" N Longitude: 6 deg 49' 00" E Countries: West Africa -- Nigeria Habitat: Pelagic Rig: Jack Ryan Project Partners: Total, Transocean, Oceaneering ROV: Millennium 43 Deposited By: Mr Rob Curry Deposited On: 14 December 2009
Catalog number USNM 206093, a holotype Etmopterus perryi (dwarf lanternshark) specimen from the National Fish Collection at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. Here, the specimen rests on the palm of the Fishes Division's collections specialist Julie Mounts. With an adult length around eight (8) inches, the dwarf lanternshark, like the mature specimen shown, is the smallest shark species currently known.
