Etmopterus viator Straube 2011

Etmopterus viator Straube, 2011 Traveler Lanternshark Etmopterus viator Straube, in Straube et al., 2011: 143, figs. 2a, b, 3, 5. Holotype: MNHN 2008-1899. Type locality: Kerguelen Plateau, 49°39'29''S, 72°45'00''E, Indian Ocean. Local synonymy: Etmopterus viator; Straube, 2011a: 143, figs. 2a, b, 3, 5 (distribution including South Africa); Ebert, 2013: 84, fig. 116; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 142, fig., pl. 10; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 34, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 75, fig. 86; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Weigmann, 2016: 898. South Africa voucher material: None. South Africa distribution: Straube (2011) mentions that this species was recorded from three locations in South African waters, but provides no location information or cites any specimens in museum collection. Remarks: This appears to be a wide-ranging species around seamounts and islands in the Southern Ocean. Conservation status: LC (2018).
Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
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