school shark

British

noun

an Australian shark resembling the tope, Notogaleus australis

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For example, critically endangered species such as the school shark are being mislabelled as gummy shark — which is sustainably caught in Australia.

From Salon

The remains of a missing Argentine man were found by fishermen Sunday in the stomach of a captured school shark.

From Washington Times

The tope shark, or school shark, has a condition called leucism that results in loss of pigmentation.

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