baxteri, Etmopterus Garrick [J. A. F.] 1957:172, Figs. 1-2 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 116 (no. 3); ref. 12138] 7 miles south of Kaikoura, New Zealand, depth 500 fathoms. Holotype (unique): NMNZ P.1950. Additional material: 2 partially developed embryos. Type catalog: Hardy 1990:6 [ref. 18942]. •Status uncertain -- (Compagno & Niem 1998:1221 [ref. 23787]). •Valid as Etmopterus baxteri Garrick 1957 -- (Compagno 1984:71 [ref. 6474], Paxton et al. 1989:35 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:16 [ref. 24556], Yano in Amaoka et al. 1990:71 [ref. 16024], Gomon et al. 1994:102 [ref. 22532], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:v [ref. 21953], Compagno 1999:473 [ref. 25589], White 2008:90 [ref. 30617], Straube et al. 2011:138 [ref. 31563] with remarks, Compagno 2016:118 [ref. 34544], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:102 [ref. 37302]). •Synonym of Etmopterus granulosus (Günther 1880) -- (Tachikawa et al. 1989:236 [ref. 20184], Last & Stevens 1994:80 [ref. 23873], Yano 1997:61 [ref. 22728], Pakhorukov 1999:656 [ref. 24883], Hoese & Gates 2006:145 [ref. 28997], Straube et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31679], Weigmann 2016:59 [ref. 34211], Compagno 2016:1185 [ref. 34544], Dolganov & Balanov 2018:429 [ref. 36479]). Current status: Synonym of Etmopterus granulosus (Günther 1880). Etmopteridae. Habitat: marine.