Straight-tooth weasel shark
The straight-tooth weasel shark, Paragaleus tengi, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. It can reach a length of 88 cm.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Hemigaleidae |
| Genus: | Paragaleus |
| Species: | P. tengi |
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| Paragaleus tengi (J. S. T. F. Chen, 1963) | |
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The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.
References
- Rigby, C.L., Bineesh, K.K., Chen, X., Derrick, D., Dharmadi, Ebert, D.A., Fahmi, Fernando, D., Gautama, D.A., Haque, A.B., Herman, K., Ho, H., Hsu, H., Krajangdara, T., Maung, A., Vo, V.Q., Sianipar, A., Tanay, D., Utzurrum, J.A.T., Yuneni, R.R. & Zhang, J. (2020). "Paragaleus tengi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Paragaleus tengi" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
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