Ninja lanternshark: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ninja lanternshark lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Etmopterus benchleyi
Group	Sharks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Cartilaginous fish
Order	Squaliformes
Family	Etmopteridae

Where does the ninja lanternshark live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ninja lanternshark in 1 country or territory across North America.

Costa Rica

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the ninja lanternshark endangered?

The ninja lanternshark’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ninja lanternshark?

The ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi) is a cartilaginous fish in the order Squaliformes and the family Etmopteridae, genus Etmopterus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ninja lanternshark

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ninja lanternshark (revision 1370287710), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q21841035 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).