| Thorny 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. sentosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Etmopterus sentosus (Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976) |
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| Range of the thorny lanternshark (in blue) | |
The thorny lanternshark, Etmopterus sentosus, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 0° and 31°S, at depths of between 200 and 500 m. Its length is up to 27 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.