Australian weasel shark

Taxobox
name = Australian weasel shark
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
superordo = Selachimorpha
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Hemigaleidae
genus = "Hemigaleus"
species = "H. australiensis"
binomial = "Hemigaleus australiensis"
binomial_authority = White, Last & Compagno, 2005 The Australian weasel shark, "Hemigaleus australiensis", is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the tropical eastern Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific including Australia, at depths of between 12 and 170 m. Its length is up to 1.1 m.

The Australian weasel shark is a medium-sized shark with moderately long head, and dorsal fins slightly raked back. It is a predominantly demersal species on continental and insular shelves from shallow, inshore bays down to 170 m.

References

*