Galea
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Triakis semifasciatus
Wobbegong
Zebra Shark

The sharks that make up the Galea all possess an anal fin, only five pairs of gill slits, and a typical shark-like body.

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Sprackland, Robert. 1999. Key to the Sharks and Rays of the World. Young Forest Company, Belmont, CA.

 

 
Families:

 

Triakidae

Orectolobidae

Genus:

 

 

Triakis Leopard & hound sharks

Orectolobus Wobbegong sharks