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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Squaliformes (order) » Etmopteridae (family)
CAAB Code: | 37 020005 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Etmopterus abernethyi Garrick, 1957 |
Rank: | Species |
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Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same. ![]() Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [198] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
Taxon Notes: | Ng et al 2025 resurrected Etmopterus abernethyi for specimens collected from the southwestern Pacific previously assigned to Etmopterus lucifer. The latter species is restricted to the Northwestern Pacific. | ||||||||
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Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Ng, S-L., Straube, N., Liu, K-M. & S-J. Joung, 2025. Confusions across the hemispheres: Taxonomic re-evaluation of two lanternshark species, Etmopterus lucifer and E. molleri (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae), Vertebrate Zoology, Vol. 75: 59-86. doi:10.3897/vz.75.e126067 |