schmidti, Etmopterus Dolganov [V. N.] 1986:149, Fig. 1A [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 65 (no. 1) (for 24 Dec. 1985); ref. 8094] Sagami Sea, Pacific sea-coast of Japan. Holotype: ZIN 22362. Paratypes: ZIN 753 (1). •Questionably valid as Etmopterus schmidti Dolganov 1986 -- (Compagno 1999:473 [ref. 25589]). •Synonym of Etmopterus brachyurus Smith & Radcliffe 1912 or Etmopterus molleri (Whitley 1939) -- (Weigmann 2016:58 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Etmopterus schmidti Dolganov 1986 -- (Ng et al. 2025:79 [ref. 41999]). Current status: Valid as Etmopterus schmidti Dolganov 1986. Etmopteridae. Distribution: Western pacific: southern China north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.