Australian weasel shark

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Australian weasel shark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Superorder: Selachimorpha Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Hemigaleidae Genus: Hemigaleus Species: H. australiensis
Binomial name
Hemigaleus australiensis White, Last & Compagno, 2005

The Australian weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the tropical eastern Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific including Australia, at depths of between 12 and 170 m. Its length is up to 1.1 m.

The Australian weasel shark is a medium-sized shark with moderately long head, and dorsal fins slightly raked back. It is a predominantly demersal species on continental and insular shelves from shallow, inshore bays down to 170 m.

[edit] References

• "Hemigaleus australiensis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. may 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.