: a small slender cosmopolitan shark (Galeorhinus galeus) valued for its flesh, fins, and oil-rich liver
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 10 Sep. 2025
Other species, like the starry smooth-hound and tope sharks, were also found in the Thames river.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 11 Nov. 2021
But now, surprising creatures, like sharks including tope, starry smooth-hound and spurdog -- a slender fish measuring some 23 inches and covered in venomous spines -- have been found.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
Also known as the ‘tope shark,’ genetic and tagging data shows that there are up to six separate subpopulations of these sharks but do not mate with one another.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
The tope shark, or school shark, has a condition called leucism that results in loss of pigmentation.
—Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2020
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Of the samples their team collected, nearly one-third were shown to contain endangered or critically endangered species like the great hammerhead, scalloped hammerhead, tope and shortfin mako sharks.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 10 Sep. 2025
Other species, like the starry smooth-hound and tope sharks, were also found in the Thames river.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 11 Nov. 2021
But now, surprising creatures, like sharks including tope, starry smooth-hound and spurdog -- a slender fish measuring some 23 inches and covered in venomous spines -- have been found.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
Also known as the ‘tope shark,’ genetic and tagging data shows that there are up to six separate subpopulations of these sharks but do not mate with one another.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
The tope shark, or school shark, has a condition called leucism that results in loss of pigmentation.
—Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2020
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“Tope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tope. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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