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Eastern School Shark
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes »  order Carcharhiniformes »  family Triakidae - houndsharks

Scientific synonyms

Carcharhinus cyrano Whitley, 1930
Eugaleus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Galeorhinus australis (Macleay, 1881)
Galeorhinus chilensis (Perez Canto, 1886)
Galeorhinus vitaminicus de Buen, 1950
Galeorhinus zyopterus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
Galeus australis Macleay, 1881
Galeus canis Bonaparte, 1834
Galeus chilensis Perez Canto, 1886
Galeus communis Owen, 1853

Other names

= Flake
= Greyboy
= Greyshark
= Hundshai
= Penny's Dog
= Tope
= Tope Oil Shark
= Tope Shark
= Tope School Shark
= Tope Soupfin Shark

IUCN category:Vulnerable

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Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/9458] [as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net]
Data retrieved on: 2010/01/17
EN Australian Faunal Directory [as Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
EN Australian Faunal Directory [as Squalus rhinophanes Peron, 1807]
Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [4642]
Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

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