WoRMS taxon details
Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
105775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105775)
accepted
Genus
Acanthidium Lowe, 1839 · unaccepted
Spinax Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
- Species Etmopterus alphus Ebert, Straube, Leslie & Weigmann, 2016
- Species Etmopterus benchleyi Vásquez, Ebert & Long, 2015
- Species Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993
- Species Etmopterus brachyurus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
- Species Etmopterus brosei Ebert, Leslie & Weigmann, 2021
- Species Etmopterus bullisi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1957
- Species Etmopterus burgessi Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert, 2006
- Species Etmopterus carteri Springer & Burgess, 1985
- Species Etmopterus caudistigmus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
- Species Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke & Koch, 1990
- Species Etmopterus decacuspidatus Chan, 1966
- Species Etmopterus dianthus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
- Species Etmopterus dislineatus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
- Species Etmopterus evansi Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
- Species Etmopterus fusus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
- Species Etmopterus gracilispinis Krefft, 1968
- Species Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880)
- Species Etmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861)
- Species Etmopterus joungi Knuckey, Ebert & Burgess, 2011
- Species Etmopterus lailae Ebert, Papastamatiou, Kajiura & Wetherbee, 2017
- Species Etmopterus litvinovi Parin & Kotlyar, 1990
- Species Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder, 1902
- Species Etmopterus marshae Ebert & Van Hees, 2018
- Species Etmopterus molleri (Whitley, 1939)
- Species Etmopterus parini Dolganov & Balanov, 2018
- Species Etmopterus perryi Springer & Burgess, 1985
- Species Etmopterus polli Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953
- Species Etmopterus princeps Collett, 1904
- Species Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
- Species Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839)
- Species Etmopterus pycnolepis Kotlyar, 1990
- Species Etmopterus robinsi Schofield & Burgess, 1997
- Species Etmopterus samadiae White, Ebert, Mana & Corrigan, 2017
- Species Etmopterus schultzi Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953
- Species Etmopterus sculptus Ebert, Compagno & De Vries, 2011
- Species Etmopterus sentosus Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976
- Species Etmopterus sheikoi (Dolganov, 1986)
- Species Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Etmopterus splendidus Yano, 1988
- Species Etmopterus unicolor (Engelhardt, 1912)
- Species Etmopterus viator Straube, 2011
- Species Etmopterus villosus Gilbert, 1905
- Species Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953
- Species Etmopterus abernethyi Garrick, 1957 accepted as Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder, 1902
- Species Etmopterus aculeatus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957 accepted as Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880)
- Species Etmopterus frontimaculatus Pietschmann, 1907 accepted as Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839)
- Species Etmopterus paessleri Lönnberg, 1907 accepted as Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906) (synonym)
- Species Etmopterus pusilus (Lowe, 1839) accepted as Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839) (misspelling)
- Species Etmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov & Pavlov, 1986 accepted as Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105775 on 2025-04-09
Date
action
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2006-09-11 06:44:08Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acanthidium Lowe, 1839) Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]Remark Placed in family Squalidae in Fishbase 96 [details]
