Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880)

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 29

Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880)

Southern Lanternshark

Spinax granulosus G̹nther, 1880: 19, fig. C, pl. 2. Holotype: BMNH 1879.5 .14.460. Type locality: Southwestern coast of South America, Challenger station 305.

Local synonymy: Etmopterus granulosus: Gilchrist, 1922b: 49 ; Barnard, 1925: 49, fig. 8, pl. 2; Smith, 1949a: 58, fig. 50; Bigelow & Schroeder, 1957: 55; Smith, 1965: 58, fig. 50; Compagno, 1984a: 77, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 55 (Cape Point); Compagno et al., 1989: 28, pl.; Straube et al., 2011a: 138; Ebert, 2013: 84, fig. 117; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 132, fig., pl. 9; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 31, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 78, fig. 91; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 25, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Straube et al., 2015: 11; Weigmann, 2016: 895. Spinax granulosus: Norman, 1935: 37 (SW of Cape Town, 34°08'S, 17°33'E). Etmopterus cf. granulosus: Compagno et al., 1991: 63 ; Ebert et al., 1992: 605; Compagno, 1999: 114. Etmopterus baxteri: Compagno et al., 2005: 94 , pl. 8; Compagno, 2016: 1185.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 25710, SAIAB 26341, SAIAB 26342, SAIAB 26343, SAIAB 26344, SAIAB 26345, SAIAB 26346, SAIAB 26347, SAIAB 26348, SAIAB 26349, SAIAB 26350, SAIAB 26351, SAIAB 26352, SAIAB 26353, SAIAB 26354, SAIAB 26355, SAIAB 26356, SAIAB 26357, SAIAB 26358, SAIAB 26359, SAIAB 26360, SAIAB 26361, SAIAB 26362, SAIAB 26363, SAIAB 26364, SAIAB 26365, SAIAB 26366, SAIAB 26367, SAIAB 26368, SAIAB 26369, SAIAB 26370, SAIAB 26371, SAIAB 26372, SAIAB 26373, SAIAB 26374, SAIAB 26375, SAIAB 26430, SAIAB 26431, SAIAB 26432, SAIAB 26433, SAIAB 26434, SAIAB 26435, SAIAB 27170, SAIAB 27171, SAIAB 27172, SAIAB 27173, SAIAB 27174, SAIAB 27175, SAIAB 27176, SAIAB 27177, SAIAB 27178, SAIAB 27179, SAIAB 27180, SAIAB 27181, SAIAB 27182, SAIAB 27184, SAIAB 27185, SAIAB 27186, SAIAB 30297, SAIAB 81676, SAIAB 186424, SAIAB 186462.

South Africa distribution: West coast from Cape Columbine (WC) to about Algoa Bay (EC).

Remarks: The taxonomic history of this species off South Africa, like most members of this genus, has been rather convoluted, although Straube et al. (2015) clarified the name status of this species. Etmopterus granulosus is one of the most common lanternsharks off the South African west coast. It is wide-ranging throughout the Southern Hemisphere at higher latitudes.

Conservation status: LC (2018).