Galeorhinus galeus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Triakidae
- Genus
- Galeorhinus
- Species
- Galeorhinus galeus
- Scientific Name
- Galeorhinus galeus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
School shark
The school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only living member of the genus Galeorhinus. Common names also include tope, tope shark, snapper shark, and soupfin shark. It is found worldwide in temperate seas at depths down to about 800 m (2,600 ft). It can grow to nearly 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long. It feeds both in midwater and near the seabed, and its reproduction is ovoviviparous. This shark is caught in fisheries for its flesh, its fins, and its liver, which has a very high vitamin A content. The IUCN has classified this species as critically endangered in its Red List of Threatened Species.
...Galeorhinus galeus in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Vaalhaai
- Arabic
- Kalb
- Bokmål
- gråhai
- Dutch
- Ruwe haai
- English
- School Shark
- English
- Tope shark
- English
- Tope
- English
- Soupfin Shark
- English
- Snapper Shark
- English
- Liveroil Shark
- English
- Liver-oil Shark
- French
- Requin hâ
- French
- Palloun
- German
- Hundshai
- Italian
- Squalo galeo
- Italian
- Canesca
- Japanese
- イコクエイラクブカ
- Modern Greek
- Σκυλόψαρο
- Māori
- Tope
- Māori
- Kapetā
- Māori
- Tupere
- Portuguese
- Perna-de-moça
- Portuguese
- Cação-bico-doce
- Russian
- Суповая акула
- Russian
- Атлантическая суповая акула
- Russian
- Австралийская суповая акула
- Russian
- Калифорнийская суповая акула
- Russian
- Стайная акула
- Russian
- Галеус
- Swedish
- gråhaj
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