Whitetip weasel shark
| Whitetip weasel shark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Hemigaleidae |
| Genus: | Paragaleus |
| Species: | P. leucolomatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Paragaleus leucolomatus Compagno & Smale, 1985 | |
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The whitetip weasel shark, Paragaleus leucolomatus, 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.
The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Paragaleus leucolomatus" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
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