| Combtoothed lanternshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. decacuspidatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus decacuspidatus W. L. Chan, 1966 |
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| Range of the combtoothed lanternshark (in blue) | |
The combtoothed lanternshark, Etmopterus decacuspidatus, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae the only specimen, and holotype, being found from the South China Sea between the Viet Nam coast and Hainan Island, at a depth of between 510 and 690 m. The holotype's length is 29 cm.
Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.