| Southern lanternshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. granulosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) |
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| Range of the southern lanternshark (in blue) | |
The southern lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the southeast Pacific between latitudes 29°S and 59°S, at depths of between 220 and 1,460 m. Its length is up to 60 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 10 to 13 pups in a litter, length at birth about 18 cm.