Combtoothed lanternshark

{{Short description|Species of shark}}

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| name =

| image = Etmopterus decacuspidatus Chan, 1966 1057506355.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Rigby, C.L. |author2=Chen, X. |author3=Ebert, D.A. |author4=Herman, K. |author5=Ho, H. |author6=Hsu, H. |author7=Zhang, J. |date=2020 |title=Etmopterus decacuspidatus |volume=2020 |page=e.T161585A124510830 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161585A124510830.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Etmopterus

| species = decacuspidatus

| range_map = Etmopterus decacuspidatus distmap.png

| range_map_caption = Range of the combtooth lanternshark (in blue)

| authority = W. L. Y. Chan, 1966

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The combtoothed lanternshark (Etmopterus decacuspidatus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae the only specimen, and holotype, being found from the South China Sea between the Viet Nam coast and Hainan Island, at a depth of between 510 and 690 m. The holotype's length is 29 cm.

Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.