WoRMS taxon details
Etmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861)
158522 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158522)
accepted
Species
Spinax hillianus Poey, 1861 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spinax hillianus Poey, 1861) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia to southern Florida (USA), Cuba, Bermuda, and St. Kitts
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia to southern Florida (USA), Cuba, Bermuda, and St. Kitts [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Etmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158522 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spinax hillianus Poey, 1861) Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2513061 [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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 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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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). (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
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Virginia to southern Florida (USA), Cuba, Bermuda, and St. Kitts [details]Habitat benthic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | blackbelly dogfish | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spinax hillianus Poey, 1861)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Spinax hillianus Poey, 1861)
To FishBase images (Etmopterus hillianus, by FAO)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus hillianus USNM 232589)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spinax hillianus Poey, 1861)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Spinax hillianus Poey, 1861)
To FishBase images (Etmopterus hillianus, by FAO)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus hillianus USNM 232589)
To ITIS
