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The tope shark, Galeorhinus galeus, feeds on fishes (bottom as well as pelagic species), cephalopods, crustaceans, echinoderms, and worms ... The tope shark is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
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marinebio.org/species.asp?id=213
marinebio.org/species.asp?id=213
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School shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The school shark , tope shark , soupfin shark or snapper shark , Galeorhinus galeus , is a hound shark of the family Triakidae, the only member of the genus Galeorhinus , found worldwide i...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shark
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List of sharks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. It is a fish. The Elasmobranchii also include rays and skates; the Chondrichthyes also include...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sharks
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Feeds on fishes (bottom as well as pelagic species, crustaceans, cephalopods, worms, and echinoderms. Its meat is excellent for human consumption, liver for squalene oil, fins for soup; also utilized as fishmeal. Marketed fresh, dried-salted, and frozen.
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www.bluemarlin3.com/species/Topeshark--.php
www.bluemarlin3.com/species/Topeshark--.php
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The fishery for tope (locally known as soupfin shark) in the west coast of North America boomed in the late 1930s due to the discovery of the extremely high contents of Vitamin A in the liver oil of this species. Uncontrolled fishing led to a gold-rush phenomenon.
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www.fao.org/fishery/species/2828
www.fao.org/fishery/species/2828
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Nine new species of sharks, including the scalloped hammerhead, are to be added to the official list of animals at global risk of extinction, scientists have revealed. ... Dr Julia Baum, a member of the IUCN's Shark Specialist Group, ... The scalloped hammerhead is one of 126 sharks species listedas at risk of extinction...
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www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3325810/Shark-speci...
www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3325810/Shark-species-face-extinction-says-research.html
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Among shark taxonomists conservative estimates of the number of known shark species is now approaching 500. Combined with the 700 or more species of rays and skates there are well over a thousand valid species of elasmobranches.
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www.elasmodiver.com/elasmobranch_taxonomy.htm
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Directory of Domestic Shark Species; Tope (Galeorhinus galeus); Blue Shark (Prionace glauca); Blackmouth Dogfish (Galues melastomus); Bull Huss (Sycliorhiunus stella); Common Smooth Hound (Mustelus mustelus); Hammerhead Shark; Lesser Spotted Cat Shark (Scyliorhinus canicula);
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www.ukshark.co.uk/
www.ukshark.co.uk/
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