whitefin topeshark

Hemitriakis leucoperiptera

Newborns already measure more than twenty centimeters

White
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Large
Tropical fish

whitefin topeshark is a marine fish living in ocean habitats. One feature is particularly easy to remember: Newborns already measure more than twenty centimeters.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Ground Sharks
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Hemitriakis
Maximum length: 96 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Central Pacific: known only from the Philippines.
Conservation status: CRCritically Endangered

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