WoRMS name details
Spinax lucifer (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
321629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:321629)
unaccepted
Species
Spinax Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder, 1902) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1902). Descriptions of two new species of squaloid sharks from Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 25 (no. 1279): 79-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.25-1279.79 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Spinax lucifer (Jordan & Snyder, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=321629 on 2026-08-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder, 1902) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1902). Descriptions of two new species of squaloid sharks from Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 25 (no. 1279): 79-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.25-1279.79 [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]
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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
