Straight-tooth weasel shark
| Straight-tooth weasel shark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Hemigaleidae |
| Genus: | Paragaleus |
| Species: | P. tengi |
| Binomial name | |
| Paragaleus tengi (J. S. T. F. Chen, 1963) | |
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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.
The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Paragaleus tengi" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
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