WoRMS taxon details
Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839)
105912 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105912)
accepted
Species
Acanthidium pusillum Lowe, 1839 · unaccepted
Centrina nigra Lowe, 1834 · unaccepted
Etmopterus frontimaculatus Pietschmann, 1907 · unaccepted
Etmopterus pusilus (Lowe, 1839) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthidium pusillum Lowe, 1839) Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105912 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acanthidium pusillum Lowe, 1839) Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [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]
context source (Bermuda) Clark, E.; Kristof, E. (1990). Deep-sea elasmobranchs observed from submersibles off Bermuda, Grand Cayman, and Freeport, Bahamas In: Pratt, Jr., H. L., S. H. Gruber & T. Taniuchi (eds.), Elasmobranchs as Living Resources: Advances in the Biology, Ecology, Systematics, and the Status of the Fisheries. NOAA Technical Report 90, 269-284 [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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]
context source (Bermuda) Clark, E.; Kristof, E. (1990). Deep-sea elasmobranchs observed from submersibles off Bermuda, Grand Cayman, and Freeport, Bahamas In: Pratt, Jr., H. L., S. H. Gruber & T. Taniuchi (eds.), Elasmobranchs as Living Resources: Advances in the Biology, Ecology, Systematics, and the Status of the Fisheries. NOAA Technical Report 90, 269-284 [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smooth lanternsharksmooth lantern sharkSlender lanternshark | [details] |
| German | glatter schwarzer Dornhai | [details] |
| Hebrew | קוצן | [details] |
| Japanese | カラスザメ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | mažasis juodasis dygliaryklis | [details] |
| Polish | kolczak smukły | [details] |
| Russian | серый этмоптерусгладкая фонарная (светящаяся) акулагладкая светящаяся акулаворонья акула | [details] |
| Spanish | tollo linterna liso | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Акула колюча струнка | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (55 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Centrina nigra Lowe, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Acanthidium pusillum Lowe, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Etmopterus frontimaculatus Pietschmann, 1907)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus pusillus)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrina nigra Lowe, 1834)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Etmopterus frontimaculatus Pietschmann, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthidium pusillum Lowe, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Etmopterus pusilus (Lowe, 1839))
To FishBase images (Etmopterus pusillus, Portugal, by Andrade Coelho, R.P.)
To GenBank (100 nucleotides; 107 proteins)
To GenBank (100 nucleotides; 107 proteins) (from synonym Acanthidium pusillum Lowe, 1839)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus pusillus RAD110695-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Centrina nigra Lowe, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Acanthidium pusillum Lowe, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Etmopterus frontimaculatus Pietschmann, 1907)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etmopterus pusillus)
To FishBase (from synonym Centrina nigra Lowe, 1834)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Etmopterus frontimaculatus Pietschmann, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthidium pusillum Lowe, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Etmopterus pusilus (Lowe, 1839))
To FishBase images (Etmopterus pusillus, Portugal, by Andrade Coelho, R.P.)
To GenBank (100 nucleotides; 107 proteins)
To GenBank (100 nucleotides; 107 proteins) (from synonym Acanthidium pusillum Lowe, 1839)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Etmopterus pusillus RAD110695-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
