Slender weasel shark

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Slender weasel shark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Hemigaleidae
Genus: Paragaleus
Species: P. randalli
Binomial name
Paragaleus randalli
Compagno, Krupp & Carpenter, 1996


The slender weasel shark, Paragaleus randalli, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the western Indian Ocean, off Bahrain. Its length is up to 48 cm.

The slender weasel shark is a harmless Viviparous species, about which little is known.

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