Whitefin topeshark
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| Whitefin topeshark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Hemitriakis |
| Species: | H. leucoperiptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemitriakis leucoperiptera Herre, 1923 | |
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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 tropical shark which inhabits coastal waters. It is not well known. The young have dark areas on the caudal fin.
Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Hemitriakis leucoperiptera" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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