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School Shark

Galeorhinus galeus

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 150, February 111, March 174, April 273, May 394, June 430, July 460, August 395, September 290, October 217, November 118, December 93.
United States3,404
Alaska3,104
California290
New Zealand89
Canada29
British Columbia29
Northland Region21
Auckland Region17
United Kingdom11
Wales10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassCartilaginous Fishes · Chondrichthyes
OrderGround Sharks · Carcharhiniformes
FamilyHoundsharks · Triakidae
GenusLiver-oil Sharks · Galeorhinus

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