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Whitecheek Lanternshark

Etmopterus alphus

The whiteheek lanternshark (Etmopterus alphus) is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the western Indian Ocean.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 607445.