Species Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957

CAAB: 37020021

Southern Lanternshark, Black Shark, New Zealand Lantern-shark, New Zealand Lanternshark, Seal Shark, Southern Lantern Shark, Stout Deepsea Shark

Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, J.A.F. 1957. Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part VI — Two new species of Etmopterus from New Zealand. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 116(3): 171-190 figs 1-4 [172, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Holotype NMNZ P.1950, south of Kaikoura, NZ.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880). —
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [144] (misidentification)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Southern NSW, to VIC and TAS, but probably more widespread; temperate, disjunct (New Zealand and South Africa).

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

830-1200 m in Australia, 220-1430 elsewhere.

General References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(1) pp. 1-249. [71]

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [94]

Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1–670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671–1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473–2178. [144] (as Etmopterus granulosus)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [80] (as Etmopterus granulosus)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [75]

Stevens, J.D. 1994. Families Echinorhinidae, Squalidae, Oxynotidae, Parascyllidae, Orectolobidae. pp. 91-118 figs 28-73 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [102]

Tachikawa, H., Taniuchi, T. & Arai, R. 1989. Etmopterus baxteri, a junior synonym of E. granulosus (Elasmobranchii, Squalidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo A, Zoology 15(4): 235-241 [236] (regarded Etmopterus baxteri as a synonym of Etmopterus granulosus)

Common Name References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(1) pp. 1-249. [71] (FAO) (Southern Lanternshark, New Zealand Lanternshark)

Daley, R.K., Stevens, J.D., Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. 2002. Field Guide to Australian Sharks & Rays. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 84 pp. [55] (Black Shark, Seal Shark)

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [102] (Stout Deepsea Shark)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [89] (New Zealand Lantern-shark, Southern Lantern Shark)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Southern Lanternshark)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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