| West Indian 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. robinsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus robinsi Schofield & G. H. Burgess, 1997 |
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| Range of the West Indian lanternshark (in blue) | |
The West Indian lanternshark, Etmopterus robinsi, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western central Atlantic, at depths of between 400 and 800 m. Its length is up to 31 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.