Whitefin topeshark

Taxobox
name = Whitefin topeshark
status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
trend =


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Triakidae
genus = "Hemitriakis"
species = "H. leucoperiptera"
binomial = "Hemitriakis leucoperiptera"
binomial_authority = Herre, 1923

The whitefin topeshark, "Hemitriakis leucoperiptera", is a hound shark of the family Triakidae found only in the tropical waters of the Philippines between latitudes 20° N and 5° N. Its length is up to 96 cm.

The whitefin topeshark is a little-known inshore tropical shark found in coastal waters. The young have dark bars on the caudal fin but not elsewhere.

Its reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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