Author H. L. Todd
English: Tope, or Oil Shark
Galeorhinus galeus, (L.) Blainville
Subject: Galeorhinus
Tag: Fish
Date 1884
Source/Photographer
English: Goode, George Brown (1884) Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States: Section I, Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals, Plates, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_51158_Tope,_or_Oil_Shark.jpeg

The school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only member of the genus Galeorhinus. Common names also include tope shark, soupfin shark, and snapper shark. It is found worldwide in temperate seas.