Whitetip_weasel_shark

Whitetip weasel shark

Whitetip weasel shark

Species of shark

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]

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...

The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.[4]

References

  1. [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. [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. hdl:10962/70184.
  3. [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. [4]
    SharkSider (9 September 2022). "Whitetip Weasel Shark". SharkSider. Retrieved 6 May 2023.


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