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Taxon: Species Galeorhinus galeus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - tope shark (fish)
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Authorship

Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 234.
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Types

Type of: Galeorhinus (Genus) Blainville, 1816

Combinations

Basionym: Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Carcharhinus cyrano Whitley, 1930 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Eugaleus galeus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeorhinus australis (Macleay, 1881) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeorhinus chilensis (Perez Canto, 1886) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeorhinus vitaminicus de Buen, 1950 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeorhinus zyopterus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeus australis Macleay, 1881 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeus canis Bonaparte, 1834 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeus chilensis Perez Canto, 1886 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeus communis Owen, 1853 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeus linnei Malm, 1877 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeus molinae Philippi, 1887 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeus nilssoni Bonaparte, 1846 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Galeus zyopterus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Notogaleus australis (Macleay, 1881) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Notogaleus rhinophanes (Péron, 1807) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Squalus rhinophanes Péron, 1807 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: Australische haai
: ruwe haai Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: tope shark Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 19.
: soupfin shark Ref: L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989

Vernacular Names (Russian)

Full name: Суповая акула [Supovaya akula] Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 19.
: кунья акула [kunʹya akula] Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 19.
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