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 spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Etmopterus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name

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.

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

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

Dutch: donkerbuiklantaarnhaai

English: velvet-belly sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Velvet-belly sources: Charles Hussey

French: sagre commum 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.

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: svarthå

Norwegian Nynorsk: svarthå

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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	Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
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	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (16 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:105913