AnAge entry for Galeorhinus galeus
Classification (HAGRID: 01777)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes (Taxon entry)
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Galeorhinus
- Species
- Galeorhinus galeus
- Common name
- Tope shark
- Synonyms
- Galeorhinus cyrano, Galeorhinus vitaminicus, Galeus molinae, Notogaleus rhinophanes, Squalus galeus, Galeorhinus zyopterus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 55 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 822
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 4,615 days
- Male sexual maturity
- Litter size
- 24.9 (viviparous)
- Interbirth interval
- 1,095 days
- Adult weight
- 24,585 g
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0822] Garcia et al. (2008), The importance of habitat and life history to extinction risk in sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras (PubMed)
- [0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 160181
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 86063
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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