Author: Knuckey, Ebert & Burgess, 2011
FBname: Shortfin smooth lanternshark
Comments: Occurs along the upper continental slope and caught by bottom trawl at a depth greater than 300m.  Sexual maturity in males likely achieved between 31.9 and 40.6 cm TL, and in females, larger than 45.6 cm TL.  A cymothiod isopod <i>Elthusa raynaudi</i> was found attached to the roof of the mouth of the holotype (normally occurs in the gill chambers of fishes) (Ref. 86885).