Noun: soupfin shark
- Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
"Conservation efforts have helped protect soupfin sharks from overfishing";
- soupfin, soup-fin, Galeorhinus zyopterus
Derived forms: soupfin sharks
Type of: requiem shark
Part of: Galeorhinus, genus Galeorhinus
Encyclopedia: Soupfin shark