Madonna. Beyonce. Ninja lanternshark. Some names just demand your attention. That's why the ninja lanternshark — formally known as Etmopterus benchleyi — has gone so far in so little time.

A shark collected during a research expedition in 2010 turns out to be a ninja lanternshark, a brand new species of shark, so named because it is all black, which is how a ninja is typically dressed.

You will never see the Ninja Lanternshark coming, not because it’s dark and elusive, but because you won’t be swimming below 1,000 feet deep off the coast of Central America any time soon. The ...

The new report documents the first time a lanternshark has ever been found off the Pacific coast of Central America, Vásquez told Live Science. [In Photos: Spooky Deep-Sea Creatures] You may like ...

A new species of lanternshark, Etmopterus benchleyi, has been named the ninja lanternshark. (Credit: Victoria Elena Vasquez/Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation) A shark collected during a ...

First collected in 2010 by researchers from California, it has now been described for the first time and dubbed the ninja lanternshark. Like other lanternsharks, it produces light with special ...

The dwarf lanternshark (Etmopterus perryi) holds the distinction as the Guinness Book of World Records record holder as the smallest shark in the world. Upon its discovery, it unseated the spined ...

But its common, and infinitely cooler, name is Ninja Lanternshark. If that sounds like it sprung from the imagination of an 8-year-old, that's because it did. Young cousins of one of the ...

A shark collected during a research expedition in 2010 turns out to be a ninja lanternshark, a brand new species of shark, so named because it is all black, which is how a ninja is typically dressed.

A shark collected during a research expedition in 2010 turns out to be a ninja lanternshark, a brand new species of shark, so named because it is all black, which is how a ninja is typically dressed.