Etmopterus

Etmopterus spinax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Squaliformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Selachimorpha Ordo: Squaliformes

Familia: Dalatiidae
Genera: Etmopterus
Species: E. baxteri - E. bigelowei - E. brachyurus - E. bullisi - E. burgessi - E. carteri - E. caudistigmus - E. compagnoi - E. decacuspidatus - E. dianthus - E. dislineatus - E. evansi - E. fusus - E. gracilispinis - E. granulosus - E. hillianus - E. joungi - E. litvinovi - E. lucifer - E. molleri - E. perryi - E. polli - E. princeps - E. pseudosqualiolus - E. pusillus - E. pycnolepis - E. robinsi - E. schultzi - E. sentosus - E. spinax - E. splendidus - E. tasmaniensis - E. unicolor - E. villosus - E. virens

Name

• Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810

References

• Knuckey, J.D.S.; Ebert, D.A.; Burgess, G.H. 2011: Etmopterus joungi n. sp., a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Taiwan. Aqua, 17(2): 61-72.
• Straube, N.; Kriwet, J.; Schliewen, U.K. 2010: Cryptic diversity and species assignment of large lantern sharks of the Etmopterus spinax clade from the Southern Hemisphere (Squaliformes, Etmopteridae). Zoologica scripta, 40(1): 61–75. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00455.x

Vernacular Name

English: Lantern sharks