When it is recorded
Jan20
Feb83
Mar50
Apr35
May14
Jun33
Jul11
Aug119
Sep285
Oct29
Nov311
Dec23
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,013
- Peak month
- November
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- Scientific name
- Etmopterus spinax
- Also known as
- Velvet Belly Lanternshark
- Group
- Fish
- Conservation designations
- Global Red List (JNCC)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Etmopterus
- Name with authority
- Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 3
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1415012 · GBIF 2421064