Blacktip tope
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Hypogaleus hyugaensis
(Miyosi, 1939)

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

  1. 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.


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