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Etmopterus

Etmopterus
Temporal range: 48–0 Ma
Middle Eocene to Present
Etmopterus spinax Sardinia.jpg
Etmopterus spinax
Green lanternshark nmfs1.jpg
Etmopterus virens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Etmopterus aculeatus
Rafinesque, 1810

Etmopterus is a genus of dogfish sharks in the family Etmopteridae, commonly known as lanternsharks.

There are currently 38 recognized species in this genus:


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