Whitefin topeshark
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| Hemitriakis leucoperiptera Herre, 1923 |
The whitefin topeshark, Hemitriakis leucoperiptera, is a hound shark of the family Triakidae found only in the tropical waters of the Philippines between latitudes 20° N and 5° N. Its length is up to 96 cm.
The whitefin topeshark is a little-known inshore tropical shark found in coastal waters. The young have dark bars on the caudal fin but not elsewhere.
Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
[edit] References
- "Hemitriakis leucoperiptera". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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