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| Caribbean Lanternshark Etmopterus hillianus (Dalatiidae) |
As for Lanternshark, it has two dorsal fin, and there is not the anal fin. A thing is that it does not have splinter at all and that it has one splinter in the front part of each fin. There is five pairs of gill cleft. With marine products, many kinds live entirely in the deep sea. It is a characteristic to have a big liver, and the liver is used as raw materials of the vitamin A. The oldest fossil is discovered from the stratum of the latter period in the Jurassic.
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