A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii

Family ETMOPTERIIDAE
(Lantern Sharks)
Genus ETMOPTERUS Rafiesque 1810
Subgenus ETMOPTERUS Rafiesque 1810
Etmopterus RAFINESQUE 1810, type Etmopterus aculeatus RAF.1810 = Squalus spinax LINN.
1758
Squalus (Spinax) CUVIER 1817, type Squalus spinax LINN. 1758
Acanthias RISSO 1826 (part ) incl. spinax.
Centrina LOWE 1833 (part),type Centrina nigra LOWE = Squalus spinax LINN.
Etmopterus spinax group
E. SPINAX (Linn.) 1758 Spinax; Velvet belly Dogfish
Galeus acanthias seu Spinax fuscus : Genuae, Sagree WILLUGHBY 1686
Squalus sp. 4 (pinna ani carens; naribus in extremo rostro) ARTEDI 1738
Squalus spinax LINNAEUS 1746 Fauna Svec. p.107
Squalus spinax LINNAEUS 1758 Syst. nat. 1.p. 233 t/l;Oceano Europaeo
Squalus niger GUNNERUS 1762 t/l; Norway (Trondheim)
Le blaataske ASCANIUS 1777
Le sagre BROUSSONET 1780
Le squale sagre LACEPEDE 1798
Etmopterus aculeatus RAFINESQUE 1810 t/l; Sicily
Spinax gunneri REINHARDT 1828 t/l; Iceland
? Spinax vitalinus DE LA PYLAIE 1835
Spinax linnei MALM 1877 t/l; Sweden
Range; North East Atlantic & Med.
E. PRINCEPS Collett 1904 Great Lanternshark
Etmopterus princeps COLLETT 1904 t/l; Faroe Channel, 750 - 1200 metres
Range; N.E. Atlantic.
E. UNICOLOR (Engelhardt) 1912 Brown Lanternshark
Spinax unicolor ENGELHARDT 1912 t/l; Honshu, Japan.
Range; Honshu, Japan.
E. BAXTERI Garrick 1957 New Zealand Lanternshark
Etmopterus baxteri GARRICK 1957 t/l;South of Kaiakoura, N.Z.
Range; N.Z.
Etmopterus hillianus group
E. HILLIANUS (Poey) 1861 Broadband Lanternshark
Spinax hillianus POEY 1861 t/l; Havana, Cuba.
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