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title: "Atlantic Weasel Shark"
description: "Paragaleus pectoralis — Fish. The Atlantic weasel shark (Paragaleus pectoralis) is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/atlantic-weasel-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Weasel Shark

> Paragaleus pectoralis — Fish. The Atlantic weasel shark (Paragaleus pectoralis) is a weasel shark of the family Hemigaleidae, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Paragaleus pectoralis*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 5
- Wikidata: [Q40576](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40576)
- iNaturalist taxon: [108484](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/108484)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Weasel Shark
- de: Atlantischer Wieselhai

## Countries with the most observations

CM (3)

## Summary

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. 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). It also one of eight species within the weasel shark family, Hemigaleidae. It is currently considered by the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_weasel_shark

## Photo

![Atlantic Weasel Shark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-weasel-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: NMNH.si.edu - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paragaleus_pectoralis_X-ray.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-weasel-shark?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).