WoRMS taxon details
Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880)
215607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215607)
accepted
Species
Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957 · unaccepted
Etmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov & Pavlov, 1986 · unaccepted
Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880) Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215607 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957) Garrick, J. A. F. (1957). Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part VI. Two new species of Etmopterus from New Zealand. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 116(3): 171-190., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2789705#page/247/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Etmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov & Pavlov, 1986) Gubanov, E. P.; Kondyurin, V. V.; Myagkov, N. A. (1986). Sharks of the World Ocean: Identification Handbook. <em>Moscow.</em> 1-272. [details]
original description (of Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880) Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Etmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov & Pavlov, 1986) Gubanov, E. P.; Kondyurin, V. V.; Myagkov, N. A. (1986). Sharks of the World Ocean: Identification Handbook. <em>Moscow.</em> 1-272. [details]
original description (of Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880) Günther, A. (1880). Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Zoology.</em> v. 1 (pt 6): 1-82, Pls. 1-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145825 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | southern lanternshark | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (78 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus baxteri) (from synonym Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus granulosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Etmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov & Pavlov, 1986)
To FishBase (from synonym Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957)
To GenBank (101 nucleotides; 88 proteins) (from synonym Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880)
To GenBank (101 nucleotides; 88 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus baxteri) (from synonym Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus granulosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Etmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov & Pavlov, 1986)
To FishBase (from synonym Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957)
To GenBank (101 nucleotides; 88 proteins) (from synonym Spinax granulosus Günther, 1880)
To GenBank (101 nucleotides; 88 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
