Kingdom Animalia Subclass Elasmobranchii Order Carcharhiniformes Scientific name Paragaleus leucolomatus Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Superorder Selachimorpha Family Hemigaleidae Higher classification Paragaleus | |
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Similar African ribbontail catshark, Cuban ribbontail catshark, Atlantic weasel shark, Slender weasel shark, Sicklefin weasel 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. That specimen was 96 cm long.
The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.
References
Whitetip weasel shark Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA