Slender weasel shark
| Slender weasel shark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Hemigaleidae |
| Genus: | Paragaleus |
| Species: | P. randalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & K. E. Carpenter, 1996 | |
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The slender weasel shark, Paragaleus randalli, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean, off Bahrain. It can grow up to a length of 48 cm.
The slender weasel shark is a harmless Viviparous species, about which little is known.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Paragaleus randalli" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
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