© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Galeorhinus galeus Click on map for details about points. 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Galeorhinus galeus © Copyright Doug Perrine, 2006 · 0 Galeorhinus galeus © Copyright Doug Perrine, 2006 · 0 Galeorhinus 3 thumbnails  •  slide show Kinds Galeorhinus galeus, School Shark español Overview Main identification features 1st dorsal fin : origin over pectoral edge 2 large ds, 2nd smaller c: distinct lower lobe eyes oval GALEORHINUS TOPE SHARKS Elongate, slender body; snout long, pointed; 5 gill slits, last 2 over pectoral fin base; 2 large dorsal fins, second distinctly smaller than first; anal fin the same size as and situated under the second dorsal; eyes large, horizontal ovals, with ventral nictitating membranes; mouth arched; no furrows from nostrils to mouth; teeth blade-like, equal on both jaws, serrated on one side; tail strongly asymmetrical, upper lobe long, lower lobe well developed. A genus with a single, circumglobal, subtropical to temperate species that occurs in eastern Atlantic, western Pacific and enters the north + south fringes of the tropical eastern Pacific. References Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741. Compagno, L.J.V., 1999., Checklist of living elasmobranchs. In Hamlett W.C. (ed.) Sharks, skates, and rays: the biology of elasmobranch fishes., The John Hopkins University Press:471-498. Compagno, L.J.V., 1984., Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2. Carcharhiniformes. FAO Species Catalogue., FAO Fish. Synop. No 125, 4(2):251-655. Eschmeyer , W. N. , Herald , E. S. and Hamman, H., 1983., A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. Peterson Field Guide Ser. 28., Houghton Mifflin:336pp. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200. Hildebrand, S.F., 1946., A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 189:1-530. Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2. Linnaeus, C., 1758., Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae., Systema Nat. ed. 10, 1:1-824. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-06-20 03:19:19 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation