Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Squaliformes > Family Etmopteridae > Genus Etmopterus

Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Etmopterus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: smooth lanternshark sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Smooth Lanternshark sources: english PESI focal point

German: glatter schwarzer Dornhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): קוצן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: mažasis juodasis dygliaryklis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kolczak smukły sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: воронья акула; гладкая светящаяся акула sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: tollo linterna liso sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула колюча струнка

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
GenBank (20 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105912