Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Carcharhiniformes > Triakidae > Hypogaleus > Hypogaleus hyugaensis

Hypogaleus hyugaensis (Western school shark; Pencil shark; Lesser soupfin shark; Blacktipe tope; Blacktip topeshark; Blacktip tope shark; Blacktip tope; Blacktip houndshark)

Synonyms: Eugaleus hyugaensis; Galeorhinus hyugaensis; Galeorhinus zanzibarensis; Hypogaleus zanzibarensis; Hypogaleus zanzibariensis
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Wikipedia Abstract

The blacktip tope, Hypogaleus hyugaensis, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only member of the genus Hypogaleus. It is found in the deep waters of the continental shelf in the Indo-West Pacific, from East Africa to Japan, at depths between 40 and 230 m. It can grow up to a length of 1.27 m.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0