Scientific Name	Paragaleus tengi   Pronounce			by: Yi-Lang Jheng
Author	(Chen, 1963)	Depth	- M
Chinese	鄧氏副沙條鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	半沙條鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F028　Hemigaleidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	臺灣副沙條鯊
Max Length	88 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	沙條、臺灣副沙條鯊、鄧氏沙條鮫
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Taichung Market, western Taiwan
Synonyms	Negogaleus longicaudatus, Negogaleus tengi
Reference	1. 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；2. 中國動物誌-圓口綱及軟骨魚綱(朱等, 2001)；3. FAO Species Catalogue, Vol.4 Sharks of the world；4. White, W. T. and M. Harris (2013) Redescription of Paragaleus tengi (Chen, 1963) (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) and first record of Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & Carpenter, 1996 from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 3752 (no. 1): 172-184.   Chen, J. T. F. 1963 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 朱元鼎, 孟慶聞 等編 2001
Specimen List
Common Name	Straighttooth weasel shark; Straight-tooth weasel shark
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	A small sized species, body slender with a rounded, moderately long snout. Eyes large with nictitating eyelids. Lower teeth not prominently protruding, upper teeth with distal cusplets but no serrations. Lower anterior teeth with moderately long, nearly straight smooth-edged cusps. Lower lateral teeth with low cusplets and mostly erect cusps. Anterior teeth T shaped. Second dorsal fin about 2/3 size of the 1st dorsal fin. Second dorsal fin slightly ahead of anal origin. Anal fin smaller than 2nd dorsal and without preanal ridges. Transversely, crescentic precaudal pits absent. Caudal vertebral centra 55-56, total vertebral counts 131-135. Colour light grey without prominent markings.
habitats	A little-known inshore shark species. Biological data of this species very limited. Adult males 78-88 cm in total length. This species were taken by bottom trawlers, gill-nets and longlines in Taiwan area but not very common. Flesh utilized fresh for huma
Distribution	Coastal and inshore of Northwestern Pacific Ocean including Viet Nam, southern China Japan, and Taiwan.
Utility	Caught by trawl and cooked with smoke or process to fish meal