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The shark species "Atlantic weasel shark"

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Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
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Atlantic weasel shark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Ground sharks (Carcharhiniformes)
Family:
Weasel sharks (Hemigaleidae)
Genus:
Paragaleus
Names
Scientific:
Paragaleus pectoralis
English:
Atlantic weasel shark
German:
Atlantischer Wieselhai
French:
Milandre jaune
Spanish:
Tiburón comadiza
Vulnerability
Category: Endangered (EN)
Criteria: A2bd
Last evaluated: 2021
Trend: Decreasing



© IUCN 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1.
https://www.iucnredlist.org. Status 2023.


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