Etmopterus fusus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002

Pygmy Lanternshark

Etmopterus fusus Last, Burgess & Séret 2002: 217, Figs 1b, 3b, 5b, 7b. Holotype: CSIRO H 3149-06. Type locality: off Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia.

Local synonymy: Etmopterus fusus —White et al. (2017c): 339, Figs 11c, 13 (PNG); White et al., 2018: 54, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) NTUM 10318, female 256 mm TL, north of Taviltae, Madang, 500–510 m depth, 17 Dec. 2012.

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by White et al. (2017c) based on a specimen collected from deepwater. Previously known from only 7 specimens from northwestern Australia in depths of 430–550 m; possibly also off Java in Indonesia at depths of 120– 200 m.