There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus: •
Etmopterus alphus Ebert,
Straube,
Leslie &
Weigmann, 2016 (whitecheek lanternshark) •
Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957 (New Zealand lanternshark) •
Etmopterus benchleyi Vásquez,
Ebert &
D. J. Long, 2015 (ninja lanternshark) •
Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai &
Tachikawa, 1993 (blurred lanternshark) •
Etmopterus brachyurus H. M. Smith &
Radcliffe, 1912 (short-tail lanternshark) •
Etmopterus brosei Ebert,
Leslie &
Weigmann, 2021 (Barrie's lanternshark) •
Etmopterus bullisi Bigelow &
Schroeder, 1957 •
Etmopterus burgessi Schaaf-Da Silva &
Ebert, 2006 •
Etmopterus carteri S. Springer &
G. H. Burgess, 1985 (cylindrical lanternshark) •
Etmopterus caudistigmus Last,
G. H. Burgess &
Séret, 2002 (tail-spot lanternshark) •
Etmopterus compagnoi R. Fricke &
Koch, 1990 •
Etmopterus decacuspidatus W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 (comb-tooth lanternshark) •
Etmopterus dianthus Last,
G. H. Burgess &
Séret, 2002 (pink lanternshark) •
Etmopterus dislineatus Last,
G. H. Burgess &
Séret, 2002 •
Etmopterus evansi Last,
G. H. Burgess &
Séret, 2002 (black-mouth lanternshark) •
Etmopterus fusus Last,
G. H. Burgess &
Séret, 2002 (pygmy lanternshark) •
Etmopterus gracilispinis G. Krefft, 1968 (broad-banded lanternshark) •
Etmopterus granulosus (
Günther, 1880) (southern lanternshark) •
Etmopterus hillianus (
Poey, 1861) (Caribbean lanternshark) •
Etmopterus joungi Knuckey,
Ebert &
G. H. Burgess, 2011 (short-fin smooth lanternshark) •
Etmopterus lailae Ebert,
Papastamatiou,
Kajiura &
Wetherbee, 2017 (Laila's lanternshark) •
Etmopterus litvinovi Parin &
Kotlyar, 1990 (small-eye lanternshark) •
Etmopterus lucifer D. S. Jordan &
Snyder, 1902 (black-belly lanternshark) •
Etmopterus marshae Ebert &
Van Hees (Marsha's lanternshark) •
Etmopterus molleri (
Whitley, 1939) (Moller's lanternshark or also Slendertail lanternshark) •
Etmopterus perryi S. Springer &
G. H. Burgess, 1985 (dwarf lanternshark) •
Etmopterus polli Bigelow,
Schroeder &
S. Springer, 1953 (African lanternshark) •
Etmopterus princeps Collett, 1904 (great lanternshark) •
Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus Last,
G. H. Burgess &
Séret, 2002 (false lanternshark) •
Etmopterus pusillus (
R. T. Lowe, 1839) (smooth lanternshark) •
Etmopterus pycnolepis Kotlyar, 1990 (dense-scale lanternshark) •
Etmopterus robinsi Schofield &
G. H. Burgess, 1997 (West Indian lanternshark) •
Etmopterus samadiae W. T. White,
Ebert,
Mana &
Corrigan, 2017 (Papuan lanternshark) •
Etmopterus schultzi Bigelow,
Schroeder &
S. Springer, 1953 (fringe-fin lanternshark) •
Etmopterus sculptus Ebert,
Compagno &
De Vries, 2011 (sculpted lanternshark) •
Etmopterus sentosus Bass,
D'Aubrey &
Kistnasamy, 1976 (thorny lanternshark) •
Etmopterus sheikoi (
Dolganov, 1986) (rasp-tooth dogfish) •
Etmopterus spinax (
Linnaeus,
1758) (velvet-belly lanternshark) •
Etmopterus splendidus Ka. Yano, 1988 (splendid lanternshark) •
Etmopterus unicolor (
Engelhardt, 1912) (bristled lanternshark) •
Etmopterus viator Straube, 2011 (traveller lanternshark) •
Etmopterus villosus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Hawaiian lanternshark) •
Etmopterus virens Bigelow,
Schroeder &
S. Springer, 1953 (green lanternshark) •
Etmopterus westraliensis Ng, White, Liu & Joung 2025
Extinct species There are at least two extinct species found in
Etmopterus. • †
Etmopterus acutidens Casier 1966 • †
Etmopterus cahuzaci Adnet 2006 ==See also==