FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

1222 Sharks
Etmopterus molleri Whitley, 1939
? Etmopterus princeps Collett, 1904 8/
Etmopterus splendidus Yano, 1988
? Etmopterus unicolor (Engelhardt, 1912) 9/
? Etmopterus sp. C [Last and Stevens, 1994]
Etmopterus sp. D [Last and Stevens, 1994]
Etmopterus sp. F [Last and Stevens, 1994]
Euprotomicrus bispinatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
Isistius brasiliensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
Scymnodon squamulosus (Günther, 1877) 10/
? Somniosus pacificus Bigelow and Schroeder, 1944 11/
Squaliolus aliae Teng, 1959
Squaliolus laticaudus Smith and Radcliffe, 1912
Squalus japonicus Ishikawa, 1908
Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1881)
Squalus melanurus Fourmanoir and Rivaton, 1979
Squalus mitsukurii Jordan and Snyder, 1903
Squalus rancureli Fourmanoir and Rivanton, 1979
Squalus sp. A [Last and Stevens, 1994]
Squalus sp. B [Last and Stevens, 1994]
Squalus sp. F [Last and Stevens, 1994]
References
Bigelow, H.B. and W.C. Schroeder. 1957. A study of the sharks of the suborder Squaloidea. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.
Harv. Univ., 117(1):150 p.
Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of
shark species known to date. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop., (125)Vol.4,Pt.1:249 p.
Last P.R. and J.D. Stevens. 1993. Sharks and rays of Australia. Australia, CSIRO, 513 p.
Shirai, S. 1992. Squalean phylogeny. A new framework of “squaloid” sharks and related taxa. Sapporo, Hokkaido
Univ. Press, 151 p.
8/ This species was nominally recorded from New Caledonia, but its status there needs clarification. Other large species
of lanternsharks, including Etmopterus baxteri and E. unicolor may be involved instead.
9/ Described from Japan; a large lanternshark from the south coast of Australia termed Etmopterus sp. B by Last and
Stevens (1994) and presently known to extend to just south of the area may be synonymous with E. unicolor.
10/ Placed in a separate genus, Zameus, by some authors.
11/ Some records in the South Pacific (Tasmania, off New Zealand and somewhat south of the area, and possibly
Macquarie Island). Assignment of large southern hemisphere Somniosus to the North Pacific S. pacificus is tentative.
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