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Etmopteridae 
AphiaID: 267045

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Squaliformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Squaliformes
Source  basis of record: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English lantern sharks  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål svarthåfamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk svarthåfamilien  [details]
Swedish lanternhajar  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Aculeola de Buen, 1959
Genus Centroscyllium Müller & Henle, 1841
Genus Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Miroscyllium
Genus Trigonognathus

Genus Acanthidium accepted as Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Paracentroscyllium accepted as Centroscyllium Müller & Henle, 1841
Genus Spinax Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267045
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-11 06:43:30Z  created  Decock, Wim
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Etmopteridae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267045 on 2013-05-19
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