WoRMS taxon details
Etmopterus gracilispinis Krefft, 1968
158523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158523)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Krefft, G. (1968). Neue und erstmalig nachgewiesene Knorpelfische aus dem Archibenthal des Südwestatlantiks, einschließlich einer Diskussion einiger Etmopterus-Arten südlicher Meere. <em>Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft.</em> v. 19 (no. 1): 1-42. [English summary.]. [details]
Distribution Emerald Bank to Argentina
Distribution Emerald Bank to Argentina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Etmopterus gracilispinis Krefft, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158523 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Krefft, G. (1968). Neue und erstmalig nachgewiesene Knorpelfische aus dem Archibenthal des Südwestatlantiks, einschließlich einer Diskussion einiger Etmopterus-Arten südlicher Meere. <em>Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft.</em> v. 19 (no. 1): 1-42. [English summary.]. [details]
Ecology
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source 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. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source 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. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on bony fish, octopus, squid and deep-water shrimp [details]Distribution Emerald Bank to Argentina [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat on or near the bottom at depths of 100 to 1,000 m [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | broadbanded lanternsharkbroadband lantern shark | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus gracilispinis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus gracilispinis RAD100230-005)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus gracilispinis RAD100230-006)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus gracilispinis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus gracilispinis RAD100230-005)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus gracilispinis RAD100230-006)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
