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Whitecheek lanternshark

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Whitecheek lanternshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species:
E. alphus
Binomial name
Etmopterus alphus
Ebert, Straube, Leslie & Weigmann, 2016

The whitecheek lanternshark (Etmopterus alphus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus alphus". FishBase. June 2017 version.