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Whitetip weasel shark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Hemigaleidae |
Genus: | Paragaleus |
Species: | P. leucolomatus
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Binomial name | |
Paragaleus leucolomatus | |
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. [2] That specimen was 96 cm long. In 2020, a fuzzy image believed to be this shark was obtained on the show Extinct or Alive. [3] [4]
The reproduction of this shark is viviparous. [4]
Paragaleus leucolomatus |
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This article relies largely or entirely on a
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Whitetip weasel shark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Hemigaleidae |
Genus: | Paragaleus |
Species: | P. leucolomatus
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Binomial name | |
Paragaleus leucolomatus | |
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. [2] That specimen was 96 cm long. In 2020, a fuzzy image believed to be this shark was obtained on the show Extinct or Alive. [3] [4]
The reproduction of this shark is viviparous. [4]
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