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title: "School Shark"
description: "Galeorhinus galeus — Pesci. The school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only living member of the genus Galeorhinus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/school-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# School Shark

> Galeorhinus galeus — Pesci. The school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only living member of the genus Galeorhinus.

- Scientific name: *Galeorhinus galeus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 640
- Wikidata: [Q586662](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q586662)
- iNaturalist taxon: [101176](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/101176)

## Names

- en: School Shark
- de: Hundshai
- es: Tiburón aceitoso
- fr: Requin hâ
- nl: Ruwe haai
- pt: Tubarão-vitamínico
- pl: Żarłacz szary

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (235), US (209), GB (24), AU (23), AR (13), ZA (12), DZ (7), PT (7), ES (6), FR (6), CA (5), CL (5)

## Summary

The school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only living member of the genus Galeorhinus. Common names also include tope, tope shark, snapper shark, and soupfin shark. It is found worldwide in temperate seas at depths down to about 800 m (2,600 ft). It can grow to nearly 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long. It feeds both in midwater and near the seabed, and its reproduction is ovoviviparous. This shark is caught in fisheries for its flesh, its fins, and its liver, which has a very high vitamin A content. The IUCN has classified this species as critically endangered in its Red List of Threatened…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shark

## Photo

![School Shark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/school-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Christine Braaten · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142899752

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/school-shark?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).