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Etmopteridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Squaliformes
family
Etmopteridae

Name

Homonyms
Etmopteridae
Common names
Lantern Sharks in English
Lanternehajfamilien in Danish
Lanternehajfamilien in Danish
Sagres in French
Squalo lanterna in Italian
lantern sharks in English
lantern sharks in English
lanternhajar in Swedish
requins-lanternes in French
requins-lanternes in French
svarthåfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
tiburones luceros in Spanish
tiburones luceros in Spanish
valohait in Finnish
Акулоліхтареві in Ukrainian
Чёрные колючие акулы in Russian
Чёрные светящиеся акулы in Russian
Этмоптеровые in Russian
ปลาฉลามท้องดำ ฯลฯ in Thai
カラスザメ科 in Japanese
烏鯊科 in Chinese
lanternhajar in Swedish
svarthåfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
svarthåfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
カラスザメ科 in Japanese
lantern sharks in English
lanternhajar in Swedish
svarthåfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
svarthåfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
カラスザメ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .
  2. Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. FishBase
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  6. Kullander, Stach, Nyman, Samuelsson, Hansson, Delling, Blom & Jilg (2011) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Lansettfiskar–broskfiskar. Chordata: Branchiostomatidae–Chondrichthyes.
  7. Systema Naturae 2000 (2006 version)
  8. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  9. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  10. WoRMS Editorial Board (2016) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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