Lantern sharks Velvet belly lantern shark, Etmopterus spinax Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squaliformes Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934

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Etmopteridae is a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as lantern sharks. Their name comes from the presence of light-producing photophores on their bodies. The members of this family are small, under 90 cm (35 in) long, and are found in deep waters worldwide.^[1]

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• Aculeola de Buen, 1959
• Centroscyllium Müller & Henle, 1841
• Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
• Miroscyllium Shirai & Nakaya, 1990
• Trigonognathus Mochizuki and Ohe, 1990

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