| African 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. polli |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus polli (Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953) |
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| Range of the African lanternshark (in blue) | |
The African lanternshark, Etmopterus polli, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern Atlantic between latitudes 12°N and 18°S, at depths of between 300 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 30 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.