Species that contain: Etmopterus and granulosus [ 3 ] records

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.

granulosus, Spinax Günther [A.] 1880:19, Pl. 2 (fig. C) [Report on the shore fishes procured during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger in the years 1873-1876 v. 1 (pt 6); ref. 2011] Southwestern coast of South America, Challenger station 305, depth 120 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.460. •Valid as Etmopterus granulosus (Günther 1880) -- (Nakaya in Okamura et al. 1982:53, 314 [ref. 8256], Compagno 1984:77 [ref. 6474], Bass et al. 1986:55 [ref. 5636], Yamakawa et al. 1986:197 [ref. 5729], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:225 [ref. 36138], Paulin et al. 1989:33 [ref. 24556], Pequeño 1989:12 [ref. 14125], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:164, 165 [ref. 36134], Springer 1990:7 [ref. 19315], Fricke & Koch 1990:8 [ref. 15494], Compagno et al. 1991:63 [ref. 21083], Last & Stevens 1994:80 [ref. 23873], Yano 1997:62 [ref. 22728], Compagno & Niem 1998:1221 [ref. 23787], Compagno 1999:473 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:580 [ref. 25122], Soto 2001:7 [ref. 26631], Soto 2001:66, 92 [ref. 26637], Last et al. 2002:203 [ref. 26556], Duhamel et al. 2005:62 [ref. 32059] as cf. Granulosius, Hoese & Gates 2006:144 [ref. 28997], Straube et al. 2011:138 [ref. 31563] with comments, Vásquez et al. 2015:53 [ref. 34111], Last & Stewart 2015:142 [ref. 34224], Weigmann 2016:59 [ref. 34211], Dolganov & Balanov 2018:429 [ref. 36479], Bessudo et al. 2021:[3] 1771 [ref. 39107] as cf. granulosus, Ebert et al. 2021:29 [ref. 38234], Knuckey & Ebert 2022:434 [ref. 39658], Fermon et al. 2022:98 [ref. 39448] with question, Leeney 2024:27 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Etmopterus granulosus (Günther 1880). Etmopteridae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic; southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa, Madagascar Ridge, Marion Island; southwestern Pacific: New Zealand area; southeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

tasmaniensis, Etmopterus Myagkov [N. A.] & Pavlov [N. A.] in Goubanov, Kondyurin & Myagkov 1986:204 [Sharks of the World Ocean: Identification Handbook; ref. 21086] Tasmania, depth 920-1010 meters. Perhaps appeared in an earlier publication, "n. sp." not present in above reference. •Valid as Etmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov & Pavlov 1986. •Probably a synonym of Etmopterus granulosus (Günther 1880) or invalid -- (Weigmann 2016:59 [ref. 34211] see remarks). Current status: Synonym of Etmopterus granulosus (Günther 1880). Etmopteridae. Distribution: Tasmania (if valid). Habitat: marine.