Aquatic Resource Trade
in Species Database

Global Data Taxa Countries Commodities About

Global Data Taxa Countries Commodities About

Aquatic Resource Trade
in Species Database

© ARTIS 2026.
Cite as: Jessica Gephart, Rahul Agrawal Bejarano, Althea Marks, & Kelvin Gorospe. (2026). Aquatic Resource Trade in Species (ARTIS). Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/F1CZ35N7.
Note: full database is filtered to flows above 1t for website.

Etmopterus spinax - ARTIS

Species Profile

Scientific Name

Etmopterus spinax

Common Name

velvet belly

ISSCAAP Group

Sharks, rays, chimaeras

Sources & Exports

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Source Countries

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Top Importers

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Top Exporters

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Taxonomy

Kingdom animalia

Phylum chordata

Superclass chondrichthyes

Class elasmobranchii

Order squaliformes

Family etmopteridae

Genus etmopterus

Trade Volume (tonnes)

All measurements in approximated live weight

16 t

585 t