Blacktip tope
Appearance
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Species of shark
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Triakidae |
Genus: | Hypogaleus J. L. B. Smith, 1957 |
Species: | H. hyugaensis
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Binomial name | |
Hypogaleus hyugaensis (Miyosi, 1939)
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The blacktip tope (Hypogaleus hyugaensis), also known as pencil shark or blacktip topeshark, 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Simpfendorfer, C.; Compagno, L.J.V. (2016). "Hypogaleus hyugaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T39354A68630213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T39354A68630213.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Hypogaleus hyugaensis" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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