| Whitenose shark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Carcharhinidae |
| Genus: | Nasolamia Compagno & Garrick, 1983 |
| Species: | N. velox |
| Binomial name | |
| Nasolamia velox (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) |
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The whitenose shark (Nasolamia velox) is a shark of the family Carcharhinidae. The only member of the genus Nasolamia, it is found in the tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean between latitudes 31° N and 18° S, from depths of 15 to 200 m. Its length is up to about 1.5 m.
It is viviparous, with 5 young in a litter, the size at birth being about 53 cm.