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