| Hawaiian lanternshark | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. villosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus villosus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 |
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| Range of the Hawaiian lanternshark (in blue) | |
The Hawaiian lanternshark, Etmopterus villosus, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found around the Hawaiian Islands, between latitudes 23°N and 19°N, at depths of between 400 and 910 m. Its maximum length is at least 46 cm.
Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.