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Etmopterus bigelowi

Etmopterus bigelowi

blurred lantern shark·Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993

GBIF:155386821

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(2)

South Africa
Gulf of Mexico

DATA

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

engblurred lantern sharkeng

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.

engblurred lantern shark
eng
Source: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 28 proteins)

NCBI:txid862652

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

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

    additional source
  • 3

    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).

  • 4

    McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

    additional source
  • 5

    Shirai, S.; Tachikawa, H. (1993). Taxonomic resolution of the Etmopterus pusillus species group (Elasmobranchii, Etmopteridae), with description of E. bigelowi, n. sp. <em>Copeia.</em> 1993 (2): 483-495.

    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 2026-06-17.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155386821
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2421061
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215605
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026