CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Squaliformes (order) » Etmopteridae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 020059 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Etmopterus litvinovi Parin & Kotlyar, 1990
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 20 Etmopteridae (Lantern Sharks) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a lanternshark]
Organism Type:	a lanternshark
Synonyms:	Etmopterus benchleyi
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 020907 Etmopterus spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-08-23.
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Expected species depth range is from 1080 to 1350 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added based on CSIRO & NMV specimens collected from SW of Christmas Island in 1080-1350m depth. Agne et al 2022 reported that Etmopterus benchleyi was a synonym of E. litvinovi. The GN4952 sample in Agne et al 2022 from the Indian Ocean is a CSIRO specimen from SW of Christmas Island (11 22 S, 104 57 E), not Indonesia as listed in the supplementary material. Also known from the Eastern Pacific in 630-1443m depth.

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Agne, Stefanie, Naylor, Gavin J. P., Preick, Michaela, Yang, Lei, Thiel, Ralf, 2022. Taxonomic Identification of Two Poorly Known Lantern Shark Species Based on Mitochondrial DNA From Wet-Collection Paratypes, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.910009

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