Straight-tooth weasel shark

Straight-tooth weasel shark
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Hemigaleidae
Genus:	Paragaleus
Species:	P. tengi
Binomial name
	Paragaleus tengi; (, 1963)

The straight-tooth weasel shark, Paragaleus tengi, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. It can reach a length of 88 cm.

^[2]Paragaleus tengi is distinctive for its color and size. Specifically, its solid grey dorsal (upper) color, short snout, and 2-3 rows of lower teeth are a few of the characteristic traits that aid in distinguishing between this species of shark and others, like the Paragaleus pectoralis (White & Harris, 2013).

The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.

References[]

^ Rigby, C.L., Bineesh, K.K., Chen, X., Derrick, D., Dharmadi, Ebert, D.A., Fahmi, Fernando, D., Gautama, D.A., Haque, A.B., Herman, K., Ho, H., Hsu, H., Krajangdara, T., Maung, A., Vo, V.Q., Sianipar, A., Tanay, D., Utzurrum, J.A.T., Yuneni, R.R. & Zhang, J. (2020). "Paragaleus tengi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ White, William T.; Harris, Mark (2013-12-24). "Redescription of Paragaleus tengi (Chen, 1963) (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) and first record of Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & Carpenter, 1996 from the western North Pacific". Zootaxa. 3752 (1): 172–184. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.10. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25229113.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Paragaleus tengi" in FishBase. may 2006 version.

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[iucn-1] Rigby, C.L., Bineesh, K.K., Chen, X., Derrick, D., Dharmadi, Ebert, D.A., Fahmi, Fernando, D., Gautama, D.A., Haque, A.B., Herman, K., Ho, H., Hsu, H., Krajangdara, T., Maung, A., Vo, V.Q., Sianipar, A., Tanay, D., Utzurrum, J.A.T., Yuneni, R.R. & Zhang, J. (2020). "Paragaleus tengi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] White, William T.; Harris, Mark (2013-12-24). "Redescription of Paragaleus tengi (Chen, 1963) (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) and first record of Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & Carpenter, 1996 from the western North Pacific". Zootaxa. 3752 (1): 172–184. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.10. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25229113.

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Straight-tooth weasel shark
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Hemigaleidae
Genus:	Paragaleus
Species:	P. tengi
Binomial name
*Paragaleus tengi* (, 1963)