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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Paragaleus&speciesname=tengi ---> http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Paragaleus&speciesname=tengi http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Paragaleus&speciesname=tengi ---> https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Paragaleus&speciesname=tengi https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Paragaleus&speciesname=tengi ---> http://fishbase.de/summary/Paragaleus-tengi.html http://fishbase.de/summary/Paragaleus-tengi.html ---> https://fishbase.de/summary/Paragaleus-tengi.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Paragaleus Species in    Hemigaleidae - Classification - Hemigaleidae Carcharhiniformes Elasmobranchii Chordata Animalia Paragaleus tengi ( Chen , 1963 ) Straight-tooth weasel shark Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Paragaleus tengi   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Paragaleus tengi Picture by FAO Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Hemigaleidae (Weasel sharks) Etymology: Paragaleus: para (Gr.), near, referring to how its dentition is intermediate between Hemigaleus and the triakid Eugaleus (= Galeorhinus ). ( See ETYFish ) ;   tengi: In honor of Teng Huo-Tu (1911-1978), Director, Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, and authority on Taiwanese elasmobranch fishes. ( See ETYFish ) . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal. Tropical; 34°N - 15°N Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Western Pacific: Japan to Viet Nam, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. Report of a record from off Madagascar may be an undescribed Paragaleus which has just recently been collected. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 88.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 244 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 0. Grey or grey-brown above, light below; no prominent markings on body and fins (Ref. 13567 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) A little-known inshore shark (Ref. 13567 ). Viviparous (Ref. 50449 ). Taken in fisheries where it occurs (Ref. 13567 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Viviparous, placental (Ref. 50449 ). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Compagno, L.J.V. , 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Endangered (EN)  (A2d); Date assessed: 06 May 2020 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless (Ref. 13567 ) Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5664   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00363 (0.00147 - 0.00899), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.2   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec is assumed to be <10). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  High vulnerability (55 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 33.9 [5.5, 192.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.731 [0.184, 2.180] mg/100g; Protein = 19 [17, 21] %; Omega3 = 0.106 [0.043, 0.251] g/100g; Selenium = 37.8 [11.6, 121.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 28.3 [8.8, 91.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.848 [0.399, 1.545] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/SpeciesSummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2580 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/SpeciesSummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2580 Updated: 2024-04-23 17:14:20 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation