The whitecheek lanternshark (Etmopterus alphus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean.[1]
| Whitecheek lanternshark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus alphus". FishBase. June 2017 version.
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