who was the first to describe these type of sharks?
Robert Evans Snodgrass and Edmund Heller
Galapagos shark
The Galapagos shark was originally described as "Carcharias galapagensis" by Robert Evans Snodgrass and Edmund Heller in 1905
what type of shark is common off the coast of the galapagos The Galapagos shark which specie do these sharks belong to? Requiem shark where these sharks mostly found? The Galapagos shark is found mainly off tropical oceanic islands what is their scientific name? Carcharhinus galapagensis how big can these sharks grow? UNANSWERABLE can you tell me one hunting strategy that the specie of this shark have? The Galapagos sharks is an active predator often encountered in large groups.
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Galapagos shark [SEP] Taxonomy and phylogeny
The Galapagos shark was originally described as "Carcharias galapagensis" by Robert Evans Snodgrass and Edmund Heller in 1905; subsequent authors moved this species to the genus "Carcharhinus". The holotype was a long fetus from the Galapagos Islands, hence the specific epithet "galapagensis". Garrick (1982) placed the Galapagos shark and the dusky shark at the center of the "obscurus group", one of two major groupings within "Carcharhinus". The group consisted of the bignose shark ("C. altimus"), Caribbean reef shark ("C. perezi"), sandbar shark ("C. plumbeus"), dusky shark ("C. obscurus"), and oceanic whitetip shark ("C. longimanus"), all large, triangular-toothed sharks and is defined by the presence of a ridge between the two dorsal fins.