Whitetip weasel shark
Kingdom
Phylum
Family
Genus
SPECIES
Paragaleus leucolomatus
Length
96
38
cminch
cm inch 

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.

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n the show Extinct or Alive.

The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.

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Distribution

Geography

Whitetip weasel shark habitat map
Whitetip weasel shark habitat map
Whitetip weasel shark
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References

1. Whitetip weasel shark Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitetip_weasel_shark
2. Whitetip weasel shark on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161639/124519483

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