WoRMS taxon details
Etmopterus unicolor (Engelhardt, 1912)
271645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271645)
accepted
Species
Spinax unicolor Engelhardt, 1912 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spinax unicolor Engelhardt, 1912) Engelhardt, R. (1912). Über einige neue Selachier-Formen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 39 (nos 21/22): 643-648. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Etmopterus unicolor (Engelhardt, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271645 on 2025-09-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spinax unicolor Engelhardt, 1912) Engelhardt, R. (1912). Über einige neue Selachier-Formen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 39 (nos 21/22): 643-648. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Brown lanternshark | [details] |
| Japanese | ニセカラスザメ | [details] |
| Russian | Ощетинившаяся (бархатнобрюхая) фонарная (светящаяся) акула | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Spinax unicolor Engelhardt, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus unicolor)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Spinax unicolor Engelhardt, 1912)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Spinax unicolor Engelhardt, 1912)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Spinax unicolor Engelhardt, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus unicolor)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Spinax unicolor Engelhardt, 1912)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Spinax unicolor Engelhardt, 1912)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
