Whitetip weasel shark

The whitetip weasel shark is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae. Only one specimen, caught off Kosi Bay, South Africa, has been caught. That specimen was 96 cm long.

Whitetip weasel shark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Hemigaleidae
Genus: Paragaleus
Species:
P. leucolomatus
Binomial name
Paragaleus leucolomatus
Compagno & Smale, 1985

The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.

References

  1. Pollom, R., Bennett, R., Ebert, D.A., Gledhill, K., McCord, M.E. & Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Paragaleus leucolomatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161639A124519483. Retrieved 17 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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