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The shark species "Whitetip Weasel Shark"

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Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
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Whitetip Weasel Shark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Ground sharks (Carcharhiniformes)
Family:
Weasel sharks (Hemigaleidae)
Genus:
Paragaleus
Names
Scientific:
Paragaleus leucolomatus
English:
Whitetip Weasel Shark
German:
Weissspitzen Wieselhai
Vulnerability
Category: Vulnerable (VU)
Criteria: A2d
Last evaluated: 2020
Trend: Decreasing




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