compagnoi, Etmopterus Fricke [R.] & Koch [I.] 1990:2, Figs. 1-2 [Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie). No. 450; ref. 15494] Off Cape Town, South Africa, 34°41'S, 18°37'E, southeastern Atlantic. Holotype: SMNS 8999. Paratypes: SMNS 9000 (3). Type catalog: Fricke 1995:19 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:38 [ref. 29864]. •Valid as Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke & Koch 1990 -- (Compagno et al. 1991:61 [ref. 21083], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:v [ref. 21953], Compagno 1999:473 [ref. 25589], Last et al. 2002:203 [ref. 26556], Straube et al. 2011:146 [ref. 31563], Vásquez et al. 2015:53 [ref. 34111], Weigmann 2016:58 [ref. 34211], Ebert et al. 2021:28 [ref. 38234], Knuckey & Ebert 2022:433 [ref. 39658], Leeney 2024:26 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke & Koch 1990. Etmopteridae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to southern Mozambique and Madagascar Plateau. Habitat: marine.