| 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 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. In 2020, a fuzzy image believed to be this shark was obtained on the show Extinct or Alive.
The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.
References
- ^ 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Paragaleus leucolomatus" in FishBase. may 2006 version.