school shark, tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus)

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Subject:	school shark, tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus)
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Author Edgar Ravenswood Waite (1866–1928)
English: Galeus australis
Subject: Galeorhynus, Galeus, Sharks
Tag: Fish
Date 1921
Source/Photographer
English: Waite, Edgar R. (1921) Illustrated Catalogue of the Fishes of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia: G. Hassell & Son
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_45525_Galeus_australis.jpeg

The school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only member of the genus Galeorhinus. Common names also include tope shark, soupfin shark, and snapper shark. It is found worldwide in temperate seas.

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