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.[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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Hemigaleidae |
| Genus: | Paragaleus |
| Species: | P. leucolomatus |
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| Paragaleus leucolomatus Compagno & Smale, 1985 | |
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The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.[4]
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. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161639A124519483.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Compagno, L. J. V.; Smale, Malcolm J. (1985). "Paragaleus leucolomatus, a new shark from South Africa, with notes on the systematics of hemigaleid sharks (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae)". J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology. Special Publication (37): 1–21.
- Holmes, Branden (16 August 2020). "The Damage Forrest Galante Has Done to Conservation Biology". The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- SharkSider. "Whitetip Weasel Shark". SharkSider. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Paragaleus leucolomatus" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
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