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Galeorhinus zyopterus - Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)

requiem shark - any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species

Galeorhinus, genus Galeorhinus - a genus of Carcharhinidae

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In The biology of the soupfin Galeorhinus zyopterus and biochemical studies of the liver.

The Origins and Rise of Shark Biology in the 20th Century

Otro aspecto muy importante en el estudio dental, son las anormalidades o patologias que pueden aparecer esporadicamente en las especies fosiles y actuales como es el caso de Hexanchus griseus (Hexanchidae), Sphyrna zygaena (Sphyrnidae), Galeorhinus zyopterus (Triakidae), Somniosus pacificus (Dalatiidae) (Gudger, 1937; Compagno, 1967; Shimada, 2002, 2005; Adnet & Cappetta, 2008).

Taxonomic dental keys for the Chilean taxa of the Superorder Squalomorphi (Chondricthyes: Elasmobranchii)/Claves para el reconocimiento taxonomico dentario en taxa del Superorden Squalomorphi de Chile (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii)

The history of directed shark fisheries in North American waters contains many examples of the deleterious effects overfishing can have on shark populations, including the rise and collapse of the porbeagle, Lamna nasus (Casey et al., 1978); soupfin shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus (Ripley, 1946); and spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias (Rago et al., 1998) fisheries.

Characteristics of shark bycatch observed on pelagic longlines off the Southeastern United States, 1992-2000

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