Etmopterus lailae Sp Nov., a New Lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Authors

David A. Ebert, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity; California Academy of Sciences
Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Florida International University
Stephen M. Kajiura, Florida Atlantic University
Bradley M. Wetherbee, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

ResearcherID

0000-0002-3753-8950

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Zootaxa

ISSN

1175-5326

Publication Date

2-28-2017

Keywords

Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranch, E. lucifer clade, New species, Central North Pacific Ocean

Abstract

A new species of lanternshark, Etmopterus lailae (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae), is described from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, in the central North Pacific Ocean. The new species resembles other members of the “Etmopterus lucifer” clade in having linear rows of dermal denticles, and most closely resembles E. lucifer from Japan. The new species occurs along insular slopes around seamounts at depths between 314–384 m. It can be distinguished from other members of the E. lucifer clade by a combination of characteristics, including a longer anterior flank marking branch, arrangement of dermal denticles on the ventral snout surface and body, flank and caudal markings, and meristic counts including number of spiral valve turns, and precaudal vertebrate. A key to species of the Etmopterus lucifer-clade is included.

DOI

10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2.10

Volume

4237

Issue

2

First Page

371

Last Page

382

Comments

©2017 Magnolia Press

NSUWorks Citation

David A. Ebert, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Stephen M. Kajiura, and Bradley M. Wetherbee. 2017. Etmopterus lailae Sp Nov., a New Lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands .Zootaxa , (2) : 371 -382. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/799.