school shark, tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) Author David Starr Jordan (1851–1931)
English: Soup-fin Shark, Galeus zyopterus (Jordan & Gilbert). Monterey
Subject: Tiger shark
Tag: Fish
Date 1907
Source/Photographer
English: Jordan, David Starr (1907) Fishes, New York City, NY: Henry Holt and Company
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_51677_Soup-fin_Shark,_Galeus_zyopterus_(Jordan_%26_Gilbert)_Monterey.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.