Whitecheek lanternshark
Appearance
Whitecheek lanternshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Squaliformes |
Family: | Etmopteridae |
Genus: | Etmopterus |
Species: | E. alphus
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Binomial name | |
Etmopterus alphus Ebert, Straube, Leslie & Weigmann, 2016
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The whitecheek lanternshark (Etmopterus alphus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus alphus". FishBase. June 2017 version.