Blacktip tope
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Species of shark
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Hypogaleus J. L. B. Smith, 1957 |
| Species: | H. hyugaensis |
| 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 (130 and 750 ft). It can grow up to a length of 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in).
References
[edit]- ↑ Simpfendorfer, C.; Rohner, C.A. (2024). "Hypogaleus hyugaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T39354A124404903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T39354A124404903.en. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hypogaleus hyugaensis". FishBase. February 2011 version.
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