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Atlantic weasel shark
| Atlantic weasel shark | |
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| X-ray image of Paragaleus pectoralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Hemigaleidae |
| Genus: | Paragaleus |
| Species: | P. pectoralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Paragaleus pectoralis (Garman, 1906)
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| Synonyms | |
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The Atlantic weasel shark (Paragaleus pectoralis) is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Also known as the little tiger shark, it is the only species of the genus Paragaleus to have been recorded off the western coast of Africa.[2] It is one of four species of small sharks within the carcharhinoid genus Paragaleus, including Paragaleus leucolomatus (whitetip weasel shark), Paragaleus tengi (straight-tooth weasel shark), and Paragaleus randalli (slender weasel shark).[3] It also one of eight species within the weasel shark family, Hemigaleidae. It is currently considered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Endangered.
- ^ Jabado, R.W., Chartrain, E., De Bruyne, G., Derrick, D., Dia, M., Diop, M., Doherty, P., Ducrocq, M., Leurs, G.H.L., Metcalfe, K., Pires, J.D., Ratão, S., Seidu, I., Soares, A.-L., Tamo, A., VanderWright, W.J. & Williams, A.B. (2021). Paragaleus pectoralis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161707/124531152
- ^ C. Capape, Y Diatta, M Diop, C Reynaud, O Guelorget (2005). “New data on the reproductive biology of the Atlantic weasel shark, Paragaleus pectoralis (Chondrichthyes: Hemigaleidae) from the coast of Senegal (eastern tropical Atlantic)”. International Journal of Ichthyology 29(4):363-371
- ^ "L Compagno, E Krupp, K Carpenter - Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 1996".
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