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Etmopterus  Rafinesque, 1810
Taxonomic Serial No.: 160654

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Acanthidium Lowe, 1839
  
    Spinax Cuvier, 1816
  
  Common Name(s): lantern sharks [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassChondrichthyes   
                      ClassChondrichthyes  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, tubarăo, poissons cartilagineux, raies, requins  
                         SubclassElasmobranchii  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                            SuperorderEuselachii   
                               OrderSqualiformes Compagno, 1973 – dogfish sharks  
                                  FamilyEtmopteridae Fowler, 1934 – lantern sharks, requins-lanternes, tiburones luceros  
                                     GenusEtmopterus Rafinesque, 1810 – lantern sharks  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957 – New Zealand lanternshark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus bigelowi Shirai and Tachikawa, 1993 – blurred smooth lantern shark, blurred lantern shark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus brachyurus Smith and Radcliffe in Smith, 1912 – shorttail laternshark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus bullisi Bigelow and Schroeder, 1957 – lined lanternshark, lined lantern shark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus carteri Springer and Burgess, 1985 – cylindrical lantern shark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus caudistigmus Last, Burgess and Séret, 2002  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus compagnoi Fricke and Koch, 1990  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus decacuspidatus Chan, 1966 – combtoothed lanternshark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus dianthus Last, Burgess and Séret, 2002  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus dislineatus Last, Burgess and Séret, 2002  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus evansi Last, Burgess and Séret, 2002  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus fusus Last, Burgess and Séret, 2002  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus gracilispinis Krefft, 1968 – broadband lantern shark, broadband dogfish, broadbanded lanternshark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) – southern laternshark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861) – Caribbean lanternshark, blackbelly dogfish, galludo enano 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus litvinovi Parin and Kotlyar in Kotlyar, 1990  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus lucifer Jordan and Snyder, 1902 – blackbelly lanternshark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus molleri (Whitley, 1939)  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus perryi Springer and Burgess, 1985 – dwarf lantern shark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus polli Bigelow, Schroeder and Springer, 1953 – African lanternshark, African lantern shark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus princeps Collett, 1904 – great lanternshark, rough sagre 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus pseudosqualiolus Last, Burgess and Séret, 2002  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839) – smooth lanternshark, smooth lantern shark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus pycnolepis Kotlyar, 1990  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus robinsi Schofield and Burgess, 1997  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus schmidti Dolganov, 1986  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus schultzi Bigelow, Schroeder and Springer, 1953 – fringefin lantern shark, fringefin lanternshark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus sentosus Bass, D'Aubrey and Kistnasamy, 1976 – thorny lantershark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758) – velvet belly 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus splendidus Yano, 1988  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov and Pavlov in Gubanov, Kondyurin and Myagkov, 1986  
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus unicolor (Engelhardt, 1912) – brown lanternshark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus villosus Gilbert, 1905 – Hawaiian lanternshark 
                                        SpeciesEtmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder and Springer, 1953 – green lanternshark, green lantern shark 
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Etmopterus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes   
  Page(s): 471-498   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-6048-2   
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  Reference for: Etmopterus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Etmopterus   
       

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