{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Ng, White, Liu & Joung, 2025","RecordModifiedOn":"2025-09-23","CAAB_code":"37020032","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Updated from <i>Etmopterus brachyurus</i> after Ng et al 2025 description. Known only from Western Australia, from off Ledge Point (31 17 S) north to off the Exmouth Peninsula (22 22 S), at depths of 362–610 m. The true <i>E. brachyurus</i> is restricted to the North Pacific (Ng et al 2025).","habitat":"Slope Demersal (200-2000m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Ng, S-L., White, W.T., Liu, K-M. & S-J. Joung, 2025. Etmopterus westraliensis, a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Western Australia, with redescription of <i>Etmopterus brachyurus</i>, <i>Journal of Fish Biology</i>. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111&#x25;2Fjfb.70162\">doi:10.1111&#x2f;jfb.70162</a>","Parent_Id":37020907,"scientificName":"Etmopterus westraliensis","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Squaliformes","otherVernacularNames":"short-tail lantern shark<shark&ray guide>","Reference":"Ng, S-L., White, W.T., Liu, K-M. & S-J. Joung, 2025. Etmopterus westraliensis, a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Western Australia, with redescription of <i>Etmopterus brachyurus</i>, <i>Journal of Fish Biology</i>. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111&#x25;2Fjfb.70162\">doi:10.1111&#x2f;jfb.70162</a>","vernacularName":"Short-tail Lanternshark","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215606","family":"Etmopteridae","standardName":"Short-Tail Lanternshark (AS5300)","class":"Elasmobranchii","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2fadf354-2553-4601-ab02-d5f6691a8a93","CAAB_status":"Valid"}