GREEN LANTERNSHARK

Etmopterus virens

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IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC)

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Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder and Springer, 1953

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Found on upper continental slopes. Probably forms schools. May also feed communally on large squid that may be too large for a single individual. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205).

	Batrachoides pacifici (Günther, 1861) Pacific toadfish
	Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) Bluespine unicornfish
	Tor tambroides (Bleeker, 1854) Thai mahseer
	Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938) Twospot turkeyfish
	Canthigaster inframacula Allen & Randall, 1977

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