Etmopteridae

Ninja lanternshark

Etmopterus benchleyi

Larger bodies descend into deeper water

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Elongated
• Medium

The ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi) is of the family Etmopteridae, found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Nicaragua, south to Panama and Costa Rica. The depth range of collections is from 836 to 1443 meters along the continental slope. E. benchleyi is the only Etmopterus species presently known from the Pacific Coast of Central America.