Atlantic weasel shark
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| Paragaleus pectoralis (Garman, 1906) |
The Atlantic weasel shark, Paragaleus pectoralis, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Verde and Mauritania to northern Namibia, and possibly extending north to Morocco, from the surface to 100 m. Its length is up to 1.4 m.
The Atlantic weasel shark is a slender weasel shark with a moderately long snout, large eyes, and a short, small mouth with small, serrated upper teeth and erect-cusped lower teeth. It is a very common inshore to offshore shark of the continental shelf. It is a specialist feeder that prefers cephalopods, but also feeds on small bony fishes. Its flesh is utilized fresh and dried salted for human consumption, and processed into fishmeal.
Coloration is light grey or bronze with longitudinal yellow stripes, fins plain, and white below.
Reproduction is Viviparous.
[edit] References
- "Paragaleus pectoralis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. may 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
