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View Mode View All Pictures Species Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer    Etmopterus virens was originally described as Etmopterus virens by Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer in 1953. It belongs to the family Etmopteridae. It is commonly known as Green lanternshark and is known in Japan as Hishi-karasuzame, in France as Sagre vert, in Spain as Tollo lucero verde, in United Kingdom as Green lanternshark. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbbean Sea.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   virens AuthorWI   Bigelow [H. B.], Schroeder [W. C.] & Springer [S.] AuthorNI   Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer Qualification   --- Year   1953 Status   Valid Class   Chondrichthyes Chondrichthyes Order   Squaliformes Squaliformes Family   Etmopteridae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Etmopterus Subgenus   --- Class   Chondrichthyes Order   Squaliformes Family   Etmopteridae Genus   Etmopterus Original Name   Etmopterus         Taxon Name   virens Original Combination   Etmopterus virens Original Genus   Etmopterus Original Genus Species   Etmopterus virens OriginalSubGenus   Etmopterus Original Author   Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer Original AuthorWI   Bigelow [H. B.], Schroeder [W. C.] & Springer [S.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1953 Original Family   Etmopteridae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Northern Gulf of Mexico, 29°52'N, 91°33'W [or 27°51'30"N, 91°32'30"W], Oregon station 501, depth 220 fathoms. Types   Paratypes: (42) BMNH 1955.5.11.4 (1); MCZ 38081 (1), 38160 (6), 38163 (1); USNM 113380 (1), 160852 (7, now 0, exchanged to MCZ). 53-54 (3, 8), 160861-64 (6, 3, 2, 3), 165560 (2). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:14 [ref. 21812]. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   USNM 160859 Journal   Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Citation   v. 109 (no. 3) Page   257 Illustrations   Figs. 6D, 10 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Etmopterus virens Current Species   virens Current Genus   Etmopterus Current AuthorWI   Bigelow [H. B.], Schroeder [W. C.] & Springer [S.] Current AuthorNI   Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer Current Year   1953 Current Family   Etmopteridae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   bathydemersal         Water   Salt water Habitat Notes   Found on the upper continental slopes. Occurs in schools. Feeds communally on squids. Depth Range   From 348 to 465 meters.     Distribution   Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbbean Sea. Current Summary   Valid as Etmopterus virens  Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer 1953. Etmopteridae.   Name History   • Valid as Etmopterus virens  Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer 1953 -- (Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:65 [ref. 14275], Compagno 1984:88 [ref. 6474], Castro-Aguirre & Garcia-Dominguez 1988:102 [ref. 19199], Espinosa Pérez & Huidobro Campos 1995:117 [ref. 22757], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:119 [ref. 23897], Compagno 1999:473 [ref. 25589], Soto 2001:98 [ref. 26637], Last et al. 2002:203 [ref. 26556], Compagno 2003:401 [ref. 26984], Kiraly et al. 2003:6 [ref. 28226], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:98 [ref. 27705], Castro 2011:112 [ref. 31457]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 2 (49 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   abernethyi Etmopterus abernethyi Garrick [J. A. F.] 1957 Synonym aculeatus Etmopterus aculeatus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810 Synonym alphus Etmopterus alphus Ebert [D. A.], Straube [N.], Leslie [R. W.] & Weigmann [S.] 2016 Valid baxteri Etmopterus baxteri Garrick [J. A. F.] 1957 Synonym benchleyi Etmopterus benchleyi Vásquez [V. E.], Ebert [D. A.] & Long [D. J.] 2015 Valid bigelowi Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai [S.] & Tachikawa [H.] 1993 Valid brachyurus Etmopterus brachyurus Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Smith 1912 Valid bullisi Etmopterus bullisi Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1957 Valid burgessi Etmopterus burgessi Schaaf-Da Silva [J. A.] & Ebert [D. A.] 2006 Valid carteri Etmopterus carteri Springer [S.] & Burgess [G. H.] 1985 Valid caudistigmus Etmopterus caudistigmus Last [P. R.], Burgess [G. H.] & Séret [B.] 2002 Valid compagnoi Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke [R.] & Koch [I.] 1990 Valid decacuspidatus Etmopterus decacuspidatus Chan [W. L.] 1966 Valid dianthus Etmopterus dianthus Last [P. R.], Burgess [G. H.] & Séret [B.] 2002 Valid dislineatus Etmopterus dislineatus Last [P. R.], Burgess [G. H.] & Séret [B.] 2002 Valid evansi Etmopterus evansi Last [P. R.], Burgess [G. H.] & Séret [B.] 2002 Valid frontimaculatus Etmopterus frontimaculatus Pietschmann [V.] 1907 Synonym fusus Etmopterus fusus Last [P. R.], Burgess [G. H.] & Séret [B.] 2002 Valid gracilispinis Etmopterus gracilispinis Krefft [G.] 1968 Valid granulosus Etmopterus granulosus (Günther [A.] 1880) Valid gunneri Etmopterus gunneri (Reinhardt [J. C. H.] 1825) Synonym hillianus Etmopterus hillianus (Poey [F.] 1861) Valid infernus Etmopterus infernus (Blainville [H. de] 1825) Synonym joungi Etmopterus joungi Knuckey [J. D. S.], Ebert [D. A.] & Burgess [G. H.] 2011 Valid linnei Etmopterus linnei (Malm [A. W.] 1877) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 2 (49 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…