Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839)
Synonyms:
Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839)
Acanthidium pusillum Lowe, 1839, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 7: 91-92 (off Madeira). Two syntypes: BMNH no. 1855.11.29.27.
Centrina nigra (non Cuvier, 1817) Lowe, 1833, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1:144 (off Madeira). No type material. Specific name preoccupied.
Spinax pusillus: Günther, 1870: 425 | Vaillant, 1888: 72 | Regan, 1908: 44.
Etmopterus pusillus: Goode and Bean, 1896: 10-11, part. | Roule, 1912: 16, 25-26, 30-31 | Tanaka, 1912: 88-91, pl. XXII (fig. 8488) | Garman, 1913: 228-229 | Roule, 1919: 122 | Lozano Rey, 1928: 464-467, fig. ISSB, b, c | Nobre, 1935: 459 | Fowler, 1936: 81-82, fig. 28 | Bigelow et al., 1955: 2-5, fig. 1; 1957: 48-50, 61 | Krefft, 1968a: 9-13, fig. 3b, 5b, 6; 1968b: 54-57, pl. III (fig. B).
Etmopterus frontimaculatus Pietschmann, 1907, Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien., 44: 395-396 (Sagami Sea, Japan). One syntype NMW no. 61473.
Etmopterus frontimaculatus: Pietschmann, 1908: 654-658, fig. 1-2, pl. I (fig. 2), pl. II (fig. 2) | Bigelow and Schroeder, 1957: 58, 61.
Common names:
Smooth lanternshark [UK and USA]
Sagre nain [France and Belgium]