Synonyms: Echinorhinus cf. brucus, Echinorhinus mccoyi, Echinorhinus obesus, Echinorhinus spinosus, Echinorhinus (Rubusqualus) mccoyi, Scymnus spinosus, Squalus brucus, Squalus spinay, Squalus spinosus
Common name: Bramble shark
Original description species: (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Genus: Echinorhinus Blainville, 1816
Family: Echinorhinidae Gill, 1862
Order: Echinorhiniformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Echinorhinus cf. cookei
Common name: Prickly shark
Original description species: Pietschmann, 1928
Genus: Echinorhinus Blainville, 1816
Family: Echinorhinidae Gill, 1862
Order: Echinorhiniformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Ornate sleeper-ray
Original description species: Compagno & Heemstra, 2007
Genus: Electrolux Compagno & Heemstra, 2007
Family: Narkidae Fowler, 1934
Order: Torpediniformes
Superorder: Batomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Triakis barbouri
Common name: Cuban ribbontail catshark
Original description species: (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944)
Genus: Eridacnis Smith, 1913
Family: Proscylliidae Fowler, 1941
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Eridacnis cf. radcliffei, Eridacnis radcliffi, Proscyllium alcocki
Common name: Pygmy ribbontail catshark
Original description species: Smith, 1913
Genus: Eridacnis Smith, 1913
Family: Proscylliidae Fowler, 1941
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Neotriakis sinuans
Common name: African ribbontail catshark
Original description species: (Smith, 1957)
Genus: Eridacnis Smith, 1913
Family: Proscylliidae Fowler, 1941
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Blackbelly lanternshark
Original description species: Garrick, 1957
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Ebert, Straube, Leslie & Weigmann, 2016
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Blurred smooth lantern shark
Original description species: Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Etmopterus cf. brachyurus
Common name: Shorttail lanternshark
Original description species: Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Ebert, Leslie & Weigmann, 2021
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Lined lanternshark
Original description species: Bigelow & Schroeder, 1957
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Cylindrical lantern shark
Original description species: Springer & Burgess, 1985
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Brown lantern shark
Original description species: Fricke & Koch, 1990
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Etmopterus cf. decacuspidatus
Common name: Combtoothed lanternshark
Original description species: Chan, 1966
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Pink lanternshark
Original description species: Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Lined lanternshark
Original description species: Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Blackmouth lanternshark
Original description species: Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Pygmy lanternshark
Original description species: Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Broadbanded lanternshark
Original description species: Krefft, 1968
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Centroscyllium granulosum, Centroscyllium granulosus, Etmopterus baxteri, Etmopterus cf. granulosus, Etmopterus tasmaniensis, Spinax granulosus
Common name: Southern lanternshark
Original description species: (Günther, 1880)
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Etmopterus cf. hillianus, Etmopterus hilianus, Spinax hillianus
Common name: Caribbean lanternshark
Original description species: (Poey, 1861)
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Ebert, Papastamatiou, Kajiura & Wetherbee, 2017
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Ng, Liu & Joung, 2024
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Etmopterus benchleyi
Common name: Smalleye lantern shark
Original description species: Parin & Kotlyar, 1990
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Etmopterus burgessi, Etmopterus cf. lucifer, Spinax lucifer
Common name: Blackbelly lanternshark
Original description species: Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Marsha’s Lanternshark
Original description species: Ebert & Van Hees, 2018
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Acanthidium molleri, Acanthidium (Acanthidium) molleri, Etmopterus cf. molleri
Common name: Slendertail lanternshark
Original description species: (Whitley, 1939)
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Dolganov & Balanov, 2018
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Dwarf lantern shark
Original description species: Springer & Burgess, 1985
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Etmopterus cf. polli
Common name: African lanternshark
Original description species: Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Spinax princeps
Common name: Great lanternshark
Original description species: Collett, 1904
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Acanthidium pusillum, Centrina nigra, Etmopterus cf. pusillus, Etmopterus frontimaculatus, Etmopterus joungi, Etmopterus pusilus, Spinax pusillus
Common name: Smooth lanternshark
Original description species: (Lowe, 1839)
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Dense-scale lantern shark
Original description species: Kotlyar, 1990
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Schofield & Burgess, 1997
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: White, Ebert, Mana & Corrigan, 2017
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Dolganov, 1986
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Etmopterus cf. schultzi
Common name: Fringefin lanternshark
Original description species: Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Sculpted Lanternshark
Original description species: Ebert, Compagno & De Vries, 2011
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Thorny lanternshark
Original description species: Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Centroscyllium sheikoi, Miroscyllium sheikoi
Common name: Rasptooth dogfish
Original description species: (Dolganov, 1986)
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Etmopterus aculeatus, Etmopterus cf. spinax, Spinax gunneri, Spinax linnei, Spinax niger, Spinax spinax, Spinax vitulinus, Squalus infernus, Squalus niger, Squalus spinax
Common name: Velvet belly lantern shark
Original description species: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Splendid lanternshark
Original description species: Yano, 1988
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Etmopterus cf. unicolor, Spinax unicolor
Common name: Brown lanternshark
Original description species: (Engelhardt, 1912)
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Straube, 2011
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Hawaiian lanternshark
Original description species: Gilbert, 1905
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Green lanternshark
Original description species: Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Original description species: Ng, White, Liu & Joung, 2025
Genus: Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Family: Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Crossorhinus dasypogon, Eucrossorhinus ogilbyi, Orectolobus dasypogon, Orectolobus ogilbyi
Common name: Tasselled wobbegong
Original description species: (Bleeker, 1867)
Genus: Eucrossorhinus Regan, 1908
Family: Orectolobidae Gill, 1896
Order: Orectolobiformes
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Common name: Taillight shark
Original description species: Hulley & Penrith, 1966
Genus: Euprotomicroides Hulley & Penrith, 1966
Family: Dalatiidae Gray, 1851
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Dalatias (Somniosus) bispinatus, Euprotomicrus hyalinus, Euprotomicrus labordii, Laemargus labordii, Scymnus bispinatus, Scymnus mauritianus, Scymnus (Laemargus) labordii
Common name: Pygmy shark
Original description species: (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Genus: Euprotomicrus Gill, 1865
Family: Dalatiidae Gray, 1851
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Synonyms: Cestracion blochii, Cestracion (Zygaena) blochii, Eusphyra blochi, Eusphyra laticeps, Sphyrna blochi, Sphyrna blochii, Sphyrna (Eusphyra) blochii, Sphyrnias blochii, Zygaena blochii, Zygaena laticeps, Zygaena latycephala
Common name: Winghead shark
Original description species: (Cuvier, 1816)
Genus: Eusphyra Gill, 1862
Family: Sphyrnidae Bonaparte, 1840
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii