| Blackmouth lanternshark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. evansi |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus evansi Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 |
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| Range of the blackmouth lanternshark (in blue) | |
The blackmouth lanternshark, Etmopterus evansi, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found off Western Australia and the Arafura Sea, at depths of between 430 and 550 m. Its length is up to 26 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.