Family Etmopteridae - Lantern sharks
Order : Squaliformes Etmopteridae
Class : Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase : Genera : 4 | Species : 53 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium :
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Occurring in some parts of the Atlantic (extending north to Iceland), Indian and the Pacific. Tropical to temperate, continental and insular slopes, rarely on shelves; a few are oceanic. Both dorsal fins has grooved spines; caudal fin with subterminal notch; luminous organs usually present on body. Small sharks with maximum length under 90 centimeters in most species.
Etymology :
Reproductive guild :
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 2006
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification :

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Etmopteridae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Squalus spinax Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Squalus niger Broussonet, 1788
synonymjuniororiginal
Etmopterus aculeatus Rafinesque, 1810
synonymjuniororiginal
Spinax niger Cloquet, 1816
ambiguousotheroriginal
Squalus infernus Blainville, 1825
synonymjuniororiginal
Spinax gunneri Reinhardt, 1825
synonymjuniororiginal
Spinax vitulinus de la Pylaie, 1835
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Spinax linnei Malm, 1877
synonymjuniororiginal
Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Etmopterus pusilus (Lowe, 1839)
synonymseniornew
Centrina nigra Lowe, 1834
synonymjuniororiginal
Etmopterus frontimaculatus Pietschmann, 1907
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
Spinax hillianus Poey, 1861
synonymseniororiginal
Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880)
acceptedseniornew
Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880
synonymseniororiginal
Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957
synonymjuniororiginal
Etmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov & Pavlov, 1986
synonymjuniororiginal
Etmopterus baxteri (non Garrick, 1957)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal
Spinax lucifer (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
synonymseniornew
Etmopterus abernethyi Garrick, 1957
synonymjuniororiginal
Acanthidium molleri (non Whitley, 1939)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Etmopterus princeps Collett, 1904
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus villosus Gilbert, 1905
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus brachyurus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus unicolor (Engelhardt, 1912)
acceptedseniornew
Spinax unicolor Engelhardt, 1912
synonymseniororiginal
Etmopterus molleri (Whitley, 1939)
acceptedseniornew
Acanthidium molleri Whitley, 1939
synonymseniororiginal
Etmopterus polli Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus hillianus (non Poey, 1861)
misappliedmisappliednew
Etmopterus schultzi Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus bullisi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1957
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus sentosus Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus carteri Springer & Burgess, 1985
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus perryi Springer & Burgess, 1985
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus sheikoi (Dolganov, 1986)
acceptedseniornew
Centroscyllium sheikoi Dolganov, 1986
synonymseniororiginal
Miroscyllium sheikoi (Dolganov, 1986)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke & Koch, 1990
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus granulosus (non Günther, 1880)
misappliedmisappliednew
Etmopterus gracilispinis (non Krefft, 1968)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Etmopterus litvinovi Parin & Kotlyar, 1990
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus pycnolepis Kotlyar, 1990
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus robinsi Schofield & Burgess, 1997
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus caudistigmus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus dianthus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus sp. D Not applicable
synonymotherother
Etmopterus dislineatus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus sp. F Not applicable
synonymotherother
Etmopterus evansi Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus sp. E Not applicable
synonymotherother
Etmopterus brachyurus (non Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Etmopterus fusus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus sp. C Not applicable
synonymotherother
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus burgessi Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert, 2006
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus joungi Knuckey, Ebert & Burgess, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus sculptus Ebert, Compagno & De Vries, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Etmopterus lucifer (non Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Spinax lucifer (non Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
misappliedmisappliednew
Etmopterus brachyurus (non Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Etmopterus viator Straube, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus benchleyi Vásquez, Ebert & Long, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus alphus Ebert, Straube, Leslie & Weigmann, 2016
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus lailae Ebert, Papastamatiou, Kajiura & Wetherbee, 2017
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus samadiae White, Ebert, Mana & Corrigan, 2017
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus marshae Ebert & Van Hees, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus parini Dolganov & Balanov, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus brosei Ebert, Leslie & Weigmann, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
Etmopterus lii Ng, Liu & Joung, 2024
acceptedseniororiginal
Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825)
acceptedseniornew
Spinax fabricii Reinhardt, 1825
synonymseniororiginal
! Centroscyllium farbicii (Reinhardt, 1825)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Centroscyllium ornatum (Alcock, 1889)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Centroscyllium granulosum (non Günther, 1880)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Centroscyllium ritteri Jordan & Fowler, 1903
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Centroscyllium excelsum Shirai & Nakaya, 1990
acceptedseniororiginal
Aculeola nigra de Buen, 1959
acceptedseniororiginal
Trigonognathus kabeyai Mochizuki & Ohe, 1990
acceptedseniororiginal
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