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Etmopterus spinax Linnaeus 1758

Description

Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Squalus spinax Linnaeus, 1758: 233. Type locality: Genoa, Italy.

Etmopterus spinax, Gilat & Gelman, 1984: 257; Pisanty & Golani, 1995: 389; Galil & Goren, 1994: 48; Jones et al., 2003: 78, Tab. 2.

Distribution. Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean; depth range 200–2490m.

Notes

Published as part of Goren, Menachem & Galil, Bella S., 2015, A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea, pp. 507-530 in Zootaxa 3994 (4) on page 511, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/244394

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Squaliformes
Family
Etmopteridae
Genus
Etmopterus
Species
spinax
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Etmopterus spinax Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Goren & Galil, 2015

References

  • Gilat, E. & Gelman, A. (1984) On the sharks and fishes observed using underwater photography during a deep-water cruise in the Eastern Mediterranean. Fisheries Research, 2, 257 - 271. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / 0165 - 7836 (84) 90029 - 8
  • Pisanty, S. & Golani, D. (1995) Vertical distribution of demersal fish on the continental slope of Israel (Eastern Mediterranean) In: Armentraut, N. B. (Ed.), Condition of the World's Aquatic Habitat. Proceedings of the World Fisheries Congress. Theme 1. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company, New Delhi, pp. 386 - 395.
  • Galil, B. S. & Goren, M. (1994) The deep sea Levantine Fauna. New records and rare occurrences. Senckenbergiana Maritima, 25, 41 - 52.
  • Jones, E., Tselepides, A., Bagley, P., Collins, M. & Priede, I. (2003) Bathymetric distribution of some benthic and benthopelagic species attracted to baited cameras and traps in the deep eastern Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 251, 75 - 86. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3354 / meps 251075