Whitetip weasel shark

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 & Smale, 1985

The whitetip weasel shark 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)