Whitecheek lanternshark
| Whitecheek lanternshark | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Superorder: | Squalomorphi |
| Series: | Squalida |
| 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
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Etmopterus alphus". FishBase. June 2017 version.