Lantern Sharks

It is found in the eastern South Pacific along the coast of South America from Peru to central Chile, at depths of 110–560 m.

It is distributed widely in the Atlantic Ocean, from Greenland and Iceland to Virginia and West Africa in the north, and off south-western Africa and Argentina in the south. It is common over the outer continental shelf and continental slope at depths of 180–2,250 m.

It has only been found around the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It has been caught at around 450 m depth.

It is found in the north-west Pacific Ocean off the south-eastern coast of Japan, between the latitudes of 35 and 32°N. It inhabits continental slopes and seamounts at a depths of 320–1,100 m.

It is found in deepwater on the continental slopes of the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, at depths of 520–1,260 m.

It is found in the eastern Pacific and around Hawaii. It is an uncommon deepwater shark that inhabits close to the bottom of 400–1,145 m.

It is found in the western Pacific from southern Japan to western and south-eastern Australia as well as in New Zealand waters.

It is found in the north-west Pacific Ocean on the Emperor Seamount chain between latitudes 50 and 38°N, at depths of 800–1,000 m.

It is found from Honshu (Japan) to the Philippines and north-western Australia, at depths of 450–900 m.

In the Atlantic Ocean, it is known from the Gulf of Mexico to Argentina, and off western and southern Africa. In the Indo-Pacific, it has been reported from off Okinawa and Australia, as well as on the Emperor and Hancock Seamounts in the central North Pacific and over the Nazca Plate off Peru. It occurs at depths of 110–1,000 m.

It is found in the Southwest Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic Ocean (precisely in South Africa, Madagascar Ridge, and southern Mozambique). It lives on seamounts and continental slopes at depths of 480–1,200 m.

It is found in the western Atlantic from North Carolina to northern Florida, and Honduras, between latitudes 34°N and 15°N, at depths of up to 850 m.

It is found only around Taiwan at depths of 300–600 m.

It is found along the Caribbean coast of Colombia in South America, at depths of 285–355 m.

found around New Caledonia, at depths of 640–800 m.

It is found in the southeast Atlantic off south-western Cape Province and northern Natal in South Africa at a depth of 479–923 m.

It is found from the South China Sea between the Viet Nam coast and Hainan Island, at a depth of 510–690 m.

It is found around Australia and New Caledonia, at depths of 108–880 m.

It is found in the central Coral Sea at depths of 590–800 m.

It is found along the continental slopes off the northwestern coast of Western Australia, in the Arafura Sea south of the Tanimbar Islands (Indonesia), and off the coast of Papua New Guinea, at depths of 430–550 m.

It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean from northern Western Australia and possibly Java, at depths of 430–550 m.

It is found in the western and southeast Atlantic, between latitudes 40°N and 45°S, at depths of 70–1,000 m.

It is found from the coasts of Virginia and Florida (United States) to Haiti and the Lesser Antilles, at depths of 180–720 m.

It is found off the southern coast of South America, including off Patagonia in Argentina and along the coast of Chile, between 29°S and 59°S, at depths of 220–1,460 m.

It is found off the north-eastern coast of Taiwan, at depths of 430–550 m.

It is found in the north-western Hawaiian Islands (Koko and south Kanmu seamounts), at depths of 314–384 m.

It is found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile, at depths of 630–1,100 m. It appears to be endemic to two areas: the Nazca Ridge and the Sala y Gómez Ridge.

It is found around the world in tropical and temperate seas at depths of 150–1,250 m.

It occurs in the western Pacific in a small area between Taiwan and the Philippines, near the Batanes, at depths of 322–337 m.

It is found off New South Wales and Queensland (Australia), New Zealand, Japan, and Taiwan, with a small range in the waters off Mozambique, at depths of 250–860 m.

It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean.

It is known to be present only on the upper continental slopes off Colombia and Venezuela, at a depth of 283–439 m.

It is found along the west coast of Africa, from Guinea-Bissau to Angola, at a depth of 300–1,000 m.

It is found off Canada, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, France, the Bay of Biscay, the Azores, the Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Mauritania, and Morocco. It also occurs off the coasts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York in the United States. It lives at depths of 570–2,200 m.

It is found in the western Pacific from the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Ridge off New Caledonia, at depths of 1,043–1,102 m.

In the Atlantic Ocean, it occurs from the Gulf of Mexico to Argentina in the west, from Portugal to South Africa in the east, and along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. In the Indian Ocean, it is found off KwaZulu-Natal and Madagascar. In the Pacific Ocean, it occurs from the East China Sea to southern Japan, in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, off Australia and New Zealand, and over the Nazca Plate. It occurs on continental and insular shelves and slopes at depths of 274–1,000 m.

It is found in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile, in the region of the Sala y Gómez Ridge and the Nazca Ridge.

It is found off Florida (United States), Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, the Lesser Antilles, and the Virgin Islands, at depths of 400–800 m.

It is found in the waters of Papua New Guinea, at depths of 340–785 m.

It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean, from the warm-temperate waters off Japan to the northern South China Sea, at depths of 250–500 m.

It is endemic to the Gulf of Mexico. Its range extends along the continental slopes off eastern Mexico, the southern United States, and western Florida, at depths of 220–915 m.

It is found from the Southeast Atlantic and Southwest Indian Ocean, specifically from Namibia to southern Mozambique and the Madagascar Ridge, at depths of 450–900 m.

It is found in the western Indian Ocean, from KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) to Kenya, at depths of 200–500 m.

It is found on the Kyushu–Palau Ridge in the north-west Pacific Ocean at depths up to 360 m.

It is found in the eastern Atlantic, ranging from Iceland and Norway to Gabon, including the Mediterranean Sea, the Azores, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde, and also off the Cape Province of South Africa, at depths of 20–2,490 m.

It is found in the western Pacific off southern Japan, Taiwan, and Java, Indonesia, at depths of 120–210 m.

It is found off Japan and New Zealand, and possibly also South Africa and Australia, at depths of 402–1,380 m.

It is found on the northern part of the Kerguelen Plateau in the Southern Ocean, at the Macquarie Ridge, and off New Zealand and South Africa, at depths of 830–1,400 m.

It is found in the Hawaiian Islands at depths of 280–1,610 m.

It is found in the western-central Atlantic at depths of 196–915 m. In the Gulf of Mexico, it occurs from Texas to Florida and Cuba, and off the Yucatán Peninsula. In the Caribbean Sea, it is found off Honduras and Nicaragua, and from Panama to Venezuela, possibly extending as far as Brazil.

It is known from six specimens collected in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia, from Ledge Point in the south to Exmouth in the north, at depths of around 609 m.

It is found in the western Indian Ocean off Mozambique, at depths of 472–792 m.

It is found in the Pacific Ocean off southern Japan, the Bonin Islands, northern Taitung County, and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It inhabits upper continental slopes and seamounts at depths of 150–360 m.