 The caudal fin is low, with a moderate lower lobe and a ventral notch near the tip of the upper lobe.The skin is densely covered by thin, needle-like dermal denticles in a random pattern, except for the lips and the tips of the fins.This shark is dark brown with a striking and distinctive pattern of black markings on its ventral surface, a continuous or broken, fine black line along the middle of its back (but without a white band like in the similar Caribbean lanternshark), a black band on the end of its caudal fin, and a dark blotch on its lower caudal fin lobe.