School shark

School shark
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Triakidae
Genus:	Galeorhinus Blainville, 1816
Species:	G. galeus
Binomial name
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)[2][3]
Synonyms
List Carcharhinus cyrano Whitley, 1930 Eugaleus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Galeorhinus australis (Macleay, 1881) Galeorhinus chilensis (Pérez Canto, 1886) Galeorhinus vitaminicus de Buen, 1950 Galeorhinus zyopterus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 Galeus australis Macleay, 1881 Galeus canis Bonaparte, 1834 Galeus chilensis Pérez Canto, 1886 Galeus communis Owen, 1853 Galeus linnei Malm, 1877 Galeus molinae Philippi, 1887 Galeus nilssoni Bonaparte, 1846 Galeus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 Galeus zyopterus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) Notogaleus australis (Macleay, 1881) Notogaleus rhinophanes (Péron, 1807) Squalus galeusLinnaeus, 1758 Squalus rhinophanes Péron, 1807

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, tope shark, snapper shark, and soupfin shark. It is found worldwide in temperate seas at depths down to about 800 m (2,600 ft). It can grow to nearly 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long. It feeds both in midwater and near the seabed, and its reproduction is ovoviviparous. This shark is caught in fisheries for its flesh, its fins, and its liver, which has a very high vitamin A content. The IUCN has classified this species as critically endangered in its Red List of Threatened Species.