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Etmopterus brachyurus

Etmopterus brachyurus

shorttail lanternshark(+1)·Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

GBIF:155386819

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PROFILE

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Marine

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Geographic Distribution(4)

South Africa
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone(NZ)

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages.

engshorttail lanternsharkengjpnホソフジクジラjpn

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages.

engshorttail lanternshark
eng
Source: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
jpnホソフジクジラ
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 18 proteins)

NCBI:txid862653

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(5)

  • 1

    Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

    basis of record
  • 2

    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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.

    additional source
  • 3

    Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.

    additional source
  • 4

    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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1).

  • 5

    Smith, H. M. (1912). The squaloid sharks of the Philippine Archipelago, with descriptions of new genera and species. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-10.--No. 15.]. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 41 (no. 1877): 677-685, Pls. 50-54.

    original description
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155386819
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2421043
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215606
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026