Blacktip tope

Blacktip tope
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
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)

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

↑ 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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[iucn-1] 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.

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