| Etmopterus Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Present
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| Velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax) | |
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| Green lanternshark (Etmopterus virens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Etmopterus aculeatus Rafinesque, 1810
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Etmopterus is a genus of lantern sharks in the squaliform family Etmopteridae. They are found in deep sea ecosystems of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.[2]
- ^ Adnet S., Cappetta H. (2001). "A palaeontological and phylogenetical analysis of squaliform sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes) based on dental characters". Lethaia. 34 (3): 234–248. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2001.tb00052.x.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Etmopterus". FishBase. June 2017 version.