Species profile—Hemigaleus australiensis (weasel shark)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Hemigaleidae → Hemigaleus australiensis (weasel shark)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
- Family
- Hemigaleidae
- Scientific name
- Hemigaleus australiensis White, Last & Compagno, 2005
- Common name
- weasel shark
- Type reference
- White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.J.V. (2005). Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis n. sp. (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 1077: 37-49.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22557
- Synonym(s)
- Hemigaleus microstoma
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22557.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
