hillianus, Spinax Poey [F.] 1861:340, Pl. 19 (figs. 13-14) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Holotype (unique): MCZ 1025-S. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:170 [ref. 22926], Gutiérrez de los Reyes et al. 2015:43 [ref. 36079]. •Valid as Etmopterus hillianus (Poey 1861) -- (Shirai in Amaoka et al. 1983:49, 165 [ref. 8379], Compagno 1984:78 [ref. 6474], Springer & Burgess 1985:585 [ref. 6785], Robins & Ray 1986:32 [ref. 23100], Castro-Aguirre & Garcia-Dominguez 1988:102 [ref. 19199], Schofield & Burgess 1997:1069 [ref. 22984], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:117 [ref. 23897], Compagno 1999:473 [ref. 25589], Soto 2001:66, 92 [ref. 26637], Last et al. 2002:203 [ref. 26556], Compagno 2003:399 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:26 [ref. 27192], Kiraly et al. 2003:5 [ref. 28226], Bunkley-Williams & Williams 2004:930 [ref. 27795], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:97 [ref. 27705], Castro 2011:105 [ref. 31457], Straube et al. 2011:62 [ref. 31679], Vásquez et al. 2015:53 [ref. 34111], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:61 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:59 [ref. 34211], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Robertson et al. 2020:154 [ref. 38098], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 2 [ref. 38986], Robertson et al. 2022:86 [ref. 39353], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:80 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Etmopterus hillianus (Poey 1861). Etmopteridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Virginia (U.S.A.) south to Colombia, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.