WoRMS taxon details
Etmopterus carteri Springer & Burgess, 1985
271629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271629)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Springer, S.; Burgess, G.H. (1985). Two new dwarf dogsharks (<i>Etmopterus</i>, Squalidae), found off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Copeia 1985(3):584-591., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1444748 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Etmopterus carteri Springer & Burgess, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271629 on 2026-08-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Springer, S.; Burgess, G.H. (1985). Two new dwarf dogsharks (<i>Etmopterus</i>, Squalidae), found off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Copeia 1985(3):584-591., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1444748 [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
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus carteri)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus carteri USNM 206090 holotype photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus carteri USNM 206090 holotype photograph ventral view snout)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus carteri)
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus carteri USNM 206090 holotype photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus carteri USNM 206090 holotype photograph ventral view snout)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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