Whitetip weasel shark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Hemigaleidae |
Genus: | Paragaleus |
Species: | P. leucolomatus |
Binomial name | |
Paragaleus leucolomatus Compagno & Smale, 1985 |
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The whitetip weasel shark, Paragaleus leucolomatus, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae. Only one specimen, caught off Kosi Bay, South Africa, is known. This specimen was 96 cm long.
Reproduction is viviparous.