Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Squaliformes > Family Etmopteridae > Genus Etmopterus

Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Etmopterus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name
*Acanthidium*	Lowe, 1839	synonym
*Spinax*	Cuvier, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Squalus spinax*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshkaqeni barkzi sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: sorthaj sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: donkerbuiklantaarnhaai sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

English: velvet belly; velvet-belly sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: sagre commum; sagre commun sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

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

Greek: Μαυροαγκαθίτης sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: svarthå sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: svarthå sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Russian: акула колючая чёрная sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Swedish: blåkäxa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: siyah camgoz; siyah camgöz; siyah kopekbaligi; siyah köpekbalığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула колюча чорна; Чорна колюча акула sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morgi seithliw

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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Etmopterus spinax, Norway, by Salesjö, A.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105913