Whitetip weasel shark
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.
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 | |
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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