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Whitetip Weasel Shark

Paragaleus leucolomatus Compagno & Smale 1985

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Diagnostic Description

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A slender weasel shark with a long snout, large eyes, and a moderately long mouth with small serrated upper teeth and erect-cusped lower teeth (Ref. 5578). Dark grey dorsally, white ventrally; prominent white tips on most fins except for 2nd dorsal which is black-tipped (Ref. 5578).
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Life Cycle

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Viviparous with 1 fetus in each uterus (Ref. 5485). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 0
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Biology

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Occurs in shallow coastal waters (Ref. 5578). Viviparous (Ref. 50449).
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Whitetip weasel shark

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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, has been caught.[2] That specimen was 96 cm long. In 2020, a fuzzy image believed to be this shark was obtained on the show Extinct or Alive.[3][4]

The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.[4]

References

  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. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161639A124519483.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Compagno, L. J. V.; Smale, Malcolm J. (1985). "Paragaleus leucolomatus, a new shark from South Africa, with notes on the systematics of hemigaleid sharks (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae)". J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology. Special Publication (37): 1–21.
  3. ^ Holmes, Branden (16 August 2020). "The Damage Forrest Galante Has Done to Conservation Biology". The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b SharkSider. "Whitetip Weasel Shark". SharkSider. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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Whitetip weasel shark: Brief Summary

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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, 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.

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