Etmopterus brachyurus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Type locality: off Jolo Island, Philippines, 6°02'00" N, 120°44'40" E.

The two Taiwanese samples of E. brachyurus formed a single cluster together with a sample from Japan (GN7423), and were sister to the E. cf. molleri clade from Taiwan (Figure 2, Supplementary Material 1).