Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993

Blurred Lanternshark

Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993: 487, figs. 1, 2, 5. Holotype: HUMZ 100176. Type locality: off Angola, 11°37'S, 05°13'W, southeastern Atlantic.

Local synonymy: Etmopterus bigelowi: Compagno, 1999: 114; Compagno et al., 2005: 95, fig., pl. 8; Ebert, 2013: 83, fig. 104; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 125, fig., pl. 10; Ebert & Mostarda, 2015: 30, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 75, fig. 81; Ebert & Mostarda, 2015: 27, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Compagno, 2016: 1186; Weigmann, 2016: 894.

South Africa voucher material: FAKU 46064, FSFL-S 427, HUMZ 74378. Several uncatalogued SAM specimens from off Mossel Bay (WC).

South Africa distribution: Scattered records from off the west coast (NC) to KZN.

Remarks: The occurrence of this species off South Africa is patchy, but this may be due to misidentification with E. pusillus .

Conservation status: LC (2020).