| Whitecheek lanternshark | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
| 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.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus alphus". FishBase. June 2017 version.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Etmopterus alphus | |
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