Straight-tooth weasel shark

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.

Straight-tooth weasel shark
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Hemigaleidae
Genus:	Paragaleus
Species:	P. tengi
Binomial name
Paragaleus tengi (J. S. T. F. Chen, 1963)

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^[2]Paragaleus tengi is distinctive for its color and size. Specifically, its solid grey dorsal (upper) color, short snout, and 2-3 rows of lower teeth are a few of the characteristic traits that aid in distinguishing between this species of shark and others, like the Paragaleus pectoralis (White & Harris, 2013).

The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.

References

1. Rigby, C.L.; Bineesh, K.K.; Chen, X.; Derrick, D.; Dharmadi, Ebert, D.A.; Fahmi, Fernando, D.; Gautama, D.A.; Haque, A.B.; Herman, K.; Ho, H.; Hsu, H.; Krajangdara, T.; Maung, A.; Vo, V.Q.; Sianipar, A.; Tanay, D.; Utzurrum, J.A.T.; Yuneni, R.R.; Zhang, J. (2020). "Paragaleus tengi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161543A124503842. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161543A124503842.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. White, William T.; Harris, Mark (2013-12-24). "Redescription of Paragaleus tengi (Chen, 1963) (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) and first record of Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & Carpenter, 1996 from the western North Pacific". Zootaxa. 3752 (1): 172–184. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.10. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25229113.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paragaleus tengi". FishBase. may 2006 version.