Whitetip weasel shark

Whitetip weasel shark
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Hemigaleidae
Genus:	Paragaleus
Species:	P. leucolomatus
Binomial name
	Paragaleus leucolomatus; Compagno & Smale, 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. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161639A124519483.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 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.