WoRMS taxon details
Etmopterus sentosus Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976
215601 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215601)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bass, A. J., J. D. D'Aubrey and N. Kistnasamy. (1976). Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. VI. The families Oxynotidae, Squalidae, Dalatiidae and Echinorhinidae. <em>Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban.</em> 45: 1-103, 1-11. [details]
Description Length recorded is from an immature specimen; size of adults unknown.
Description Length recorded is from an immature specimen; size of adults unknown. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Etmopterus sentosus Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215601 on 2025-11-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Bass, A. J., J. D. D'Aubrey and N. Kistnasamy. (1976). Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. VI. The families Oxynotidae, Squalidae, Dalatiidae and Echinorhinidae. <em>Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban.</em> 45: 1-103, 1-11. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length recorded is from an immature specimen; size of adults unknown. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | thorny lanternshark | [details] |
