Blacktip tope
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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Hypogaleus J. L. B. Smith, 1957 |
| Species: | H. hyugaensis |
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| Hypogaleus hyugaensis (Miyosi, 1939) | |
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References
- Simpfendorfer, C. & Compagno, L.J.V. 2016. Hypogaleus hyugaensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T39354A68630213. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T39354A68630213.en. Downloaded on 03 October 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Hypogaleus hyugaensis" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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