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The shark species "Whitecheek Lanternshark"

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Whitecheek Lanternshark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Dogfish sharks (Squaliformes)
Family:
Dogfish sharks (Squalidae)
Genus:
Etmopterus
Names
Scientific:
Etmopterus alphus
English:
Whitecheek Lanternshark
German:
Weisswangen Laternenhai
Vulnerability
Category: Least Concern (LC)
Criteria: -
Last evaluated: 2019
Trend: Unknown




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