Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Carcharhiniformes > Hemigaleidae > Paragaleus > Paragaleus tengi

Paragaleus tengi (Straight-tooth weasel shark; Straighttooth weasel shark)

Synonyms: Negogaleus longicaudatus; Negogaleus tengi; Paragaleus longicaudatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The straight-tooth weasel shark, Paragaleus tengi, is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. It can reach a length of 88 cm. The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.
View Wikipedia Record: Paragaleus tengi

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Paragaleus tengi

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ancipirhynchus afossalis[1]

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♦ 1Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0