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| Scientific Name | Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Mediterranean Sea and Northeastern Atlantic [original: "in Oceano Europe"]; localities include Penzance, Cornwall, England, Northeastern Atlantic; Marseille, France; Liguria and Rome, Italy; Lesbos Island, Greece; Syria, Mediterranean Sea. |
| Synonym(s) | Carcharhinus cyrano, Eugaleus galeus, Galeorhinus australis, Galeorhinus chilensis, Galeorhinus cyrano, Galeorhinus galeo, Galeorhinus vitaminicus, Galeorhinus zyopterus, Galeus australis, Galeus canis, Galeus chilensis, Galeus communis, Galeus linnei, Galeus molinae, Galeus nilssoni, Galeus vulgaris, Galeus zyopterus, Notogaleus australis, Notogaleus rhinophanes, Squalus galeus |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 1930mm or 76" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Widespread in temperate waters. Western Atlantic: southern Brazil to Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland to South Africa, including the Mediterranean. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa. Western Pacific: Australia and New Zealand. Eastern Pacific: Hawaii; British Columbia, Canada to southern Baja California and the Gulf of California in Mexico; Peru and Chile. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Critically Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1, pp 234. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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 | Look up G. galeus on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:28.217.1516.8501 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:07 (species record created: 2021 Dec 26 04:46) |