Etmopterus alphus Ebert, Straube, Leslie, & Weigmann, 2016

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4614614
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scientific name	Etmopterus alphus Ebert, Straube, Leslie, & Weigmann, 2016
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Whitecheek Lanternshark

Etmopterus alphus Ebert, Straube, Leslie, & Weigmann, 2016: 2 , figs. 1–6. Holotype: SAM MB-F37564 . Type locality: east of the Zambezi River GoogleMaps , central Mozambique, 18°14'S, 37°31'E.

Local synonymy: Etmopterus alphus: Ebert et al., 2016: 2 , figs. 1–6.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 190352.

South Africa distribution: New record. Recently recorded off Durban (KZN) .

Remarks: This recently described species was known only from off Mozambique, but is reported here for the first time in South African waters. It also occurs off Madagascar and on the Madagascar Ridge.

Conservation status: LC (2019).