Whitetip weasel shark

Whitetip weasel shark
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Hemigaleidae
Genus:	Paragaleus
Species:	P. leucolomatus
Binomial name
	Paragaleus leucolomatus; Compagno & , 1985

The whitetip weasel shark (Paragaleus leucolomatus) is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae. Only one specimen, caught off Kosi Bay, South Africa, has been caught. That specimen was 96 cm long. In 2020, a fuzzy image believed to be this shark was obtained on the show Extinct or Alive.

The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.

References[]

^ Pollom, R., Bennett, R., Ebert, D.A., Gledhill, K., McCord, M.E. & Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Paragaleus leucolomatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161639A124519483. Retrieved 17 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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

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[iucn-1] Pollom, R., Bennett, R., Ebert, D.A., Gledhill, K., McCord, M.E. & Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Paragaleus leucolomatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161639A124519483. Retrieved 17 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Whitetip weasel shark
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Hemigaleidae
Genus:	Paragaleus
Species:	P. leucolomatus
Binomial name
*Paragaleus leucolomatus* Compagno & , 1985