Straight-tooth weasel shark
- Straight-tooth weasel shark
Taxobox
name = Straight-tooth weasel shark
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
superordo = Selachimorpha
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Hemigaleidae
genus = "Paragaleus"
species = "P. tengi"
binomial = "Paragaleus tengi"
binomial_authority = (Chen, 1963)
The straight-tooth weasel shark, "Paragaleus tengi", is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Viet Nam, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. Its length is up to 88 cm.
The straight-tooth weasel shark is a little-known inshore shark, taken in fisheries where it occurs.
Coloration is grey or grey-brown above, light below, with no prominent markings on body and fins.
Reproduction is viviparous.
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