Blacktip tope

Blacktip tope
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Triakidae
Genus:	Hypogaleus; J. L. B. Smith, 1957
Species:	H. hyugaensis
Binomial name
	Hypogaleus hyugaensis; (Miyosi, 1939)

The blacktip tope (Hypogaleus hyugaensis), also known as pencil shark or blacktip topeshark, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, and the only member of the genus Hypogaleus. It is found in the deep waters of the continental shelf in the Indo-West Pacific, from East Africa to Japan, at depths between 40 and 230 m. It can grow up to a length of 1.27 m.

References

Simpfendorfer, C.; Compagno, L.J.V. (2016). "Hypogaleus hyugaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T39354A68630213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T39354A68630213.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Hypogaleus hyugaensis" in FishBase. February 2011 version.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Simpfendorfer, C.; Compagno, L.J.V. (2016). "Hypogaleus hyugaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T39354A68630213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T39354A68630213.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.