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title: "Zuidelijke lantaarnhaai"
description: "Etmopterus granulosus — Vissen. The southern lanternshark (Etmopterus granulosus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific between latitudes 29°S and 59°S, at depths of between 220 and 1,460 m."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southern-lantern-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Zuidelijke lantaarnhaai

> Etmopterus granulosus — Vissen. The southern lanternshark (Etmopterus granulosus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific between latitudes 29°S and 59°S, at depths of between 220 and 1,460 m.

- Scientific name: *Etmopterus granulosus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 9
- Wikidata: [Q3753258](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3753258)
- iNaturalist taxon: [100583](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/100583)

## Names

- en: Southern Lantern Shark
- de: Südlicher Laternenhai
- es: Tiburón Linterna del Sur
- fr: Sagre à long nez
- nl: Zuidelijke lantaarnhaai

## Summary

The southern lanternshark (Etmopterus granulosus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific between latitudes 29°S and 59°S, at depths of between 220 and 1,460 m.  This species has been found off Northland, off the Chatham Islands, on the Campbell Plateau, all in New Zealand waters. Its length is up to 60 cm. Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 10 to 13 pups in a litter, length at birth about 18 cm. They exhibit bioluminescence.
Parasites of the southern lanternshark, studied off Chile, include Monogeneans, Digeneans, Cestodes, Nematodes, and Copepodes.
In June 2018 the New Zealand Department…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_lanternshark

## Photo

![Zuidelijke lantaarnhaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-lantern-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Albert Günther, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., Keeper of the Department of Zoology in the British Museum. · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Etmopterus_granulosus.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-lantern-shark?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).