The common thresher (Alopias vulpinus), also known as Atlantic thresher, is the largest species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae, reaching some 6 m...

As a result, the long-tailed or common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus, is also known as the fox shark. The common name is derived from a distinctive...

The pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae; this group of sharks is characterized by the greatly elongated...

worldwide. Like the other thresher sharks, nearly half its total length consists of the elongated upper lobe of the tail fin. Its common name comes from its...

Alopias superciliosus R. T. Lowe, 1841 (bigeye thresher) [2] Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (common thresher) [3] Family †Anacoracidae Capetta, 1987 (extinct...

vessels called the rete mirabile ("miraculous net"). The common thresher and bigeye thresher sharks have a similar mechanism for maintaining an elevated...

Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...

Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...

has an asymmetrical tail with a long upper lobe, similar to that of the thresher shark. The interior of its gill slits are lined with finger-like gill rakers...

1969), American musician, known by the pseudonym Slasher Common thresher, a large species of thresher shark, sometimes called "slashers" All pages with titles...

The common thresher (Alopias vulpinus) can harbor a number of internal and external parasites: Lasek-Nesselquist, E.; Bogomolni, A.L.; Gast, R.J.; Welch...

shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Molecular clock analyses place the last common ancestor of Isurus and Carcharodon between 43–60 million years ago during...

freshwater species and rich in proteins. There are about 100+ species of common commercial fish around the country. Crustaceans such as, crabs, lobsters...

Salas-Gismondi, 2012 (Hubbell's white shark) †Carcharodon caifassii? "Bryant's or Common White shark" (Lawley, 1876) Genus †Corax Agassiz 1843 Genus †Cosmopolitodus...

equator, in the northern Pacific Ocean, the salmon shark is relatively common in continental offshore waters, where it ranges from inshore to just off...

word may have originated in a dialectal variation, as it is similar to the common words for shark in a number of Polynesian languages—makō in the Kāi Tahu...

Jordan named the shark Mitsukurina owstoni in honor of these two men. The common name "goblin shark" is a calque of its traditional Japanese name tenguzame...

colour. The caudal fin has a strong lateral keel and a crescent shape. Other common names include bone shark, elephant shark, sailfish, and sunfish. The basking...

surrounding waters of California, as identified below. Identifications include common names; scientific names; the taxonomic rank, family; conservation statuses...

Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...

(disputed) 11 Pacific sleeper shark Somniosus pacificus 7 m (23 ft) 12 Common thresher shark Alopias vulpinus 6.5 m (21 ft) 13 Goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni...

Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...

Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...

Sharks portal The common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British...

lineage back to a 60-million-year-old shark known as Cretalamna as the common ancestor of all sharks within the Lamnidae. However, it is now understood...

with the megamouth shark (Megachasmidae), basking shark (Cetorhinidae), thresher sharks (Alopiidae), and mackerel sharks (Lamnidae). More recent phylogenetic...

it was last seen there in 2003 and is presumed extirpated. Despite its common names, it is not closely related to either the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)...

great whites of at least 7 m (23 ft) long generally accepted. The common thresher (Alopias vulpinus), can grow to 7.6 m (25 ft) and weigh over 510 kg...

birds, sea snakes, marine mammals (e.g. bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops), common dolphins (Delphinus), spotted dolphins (Stenella), dugongs (Dugong dugon)...

"Observations on the Embryos of the Longfin Mako, Isurus paucus, and the Bigeye Thresher, Alopias superciliosus". Copeia. 1983 (2). American Society of Ichthyologists...