Tailspot lanternshark

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| name = Tailspot lanternshark

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Finucci, B. |author2=Kyne, P.M. |date=2018 |title=Etmopterus caudistigmus |volume=2018 |page=e.T41804A116737019 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41804A116737019.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Etmopterus

| species = caudistigmus

| authority = Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002

| range_map = Etmopterus caudistigmus distmap.png

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

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The tailspot lanternshark (Etmopterus caudistigmus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found around New Caledonia, at depths of between 640 and 800 m. Its length is up to 31 cm.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.