First record of the deep-water shark Etmopterus spinax (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae) from the southern Baltic Sea (Pomeranian Bay)
Summary: Etmopterus spinax is a deep-sea shark species that inhabits the northeast Atlantic and the western Mediterranean Sea.Skagerrak and Kattegat are reported to be part of the distribution of the species, but it has never been noted in the southern Baltic.Lacking any commercial value and commonly discarded in trawl and longline fisheries, E.spi