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    The pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae; this group of sharks is characterized by the greatly elongated...
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    Nakamura, 1935 (pelagic thresher) Alopias superciliosus R. T. Lowe, 1841 (bigeye thresher) Alopias vulpinus Bonnaterre, 1788 (common thresher) †Alopias acutidens...
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    and modestly sized eyes, the common thresher resembles (and has often been confused with) the pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus). It can be distinguished...
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    relative of the bigeye thresher is the pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus), with which it forms a clade. Fossil remains of the bigeye thresher dating to the Middle...
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    Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1838 (thresher sharks) Genus Alopias Rafinesque, 1810 Alopias pelagicus Nakamura, 1935 (pelagic thresher) [1] Alopias superciliosus...
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    The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is a large pelagic requiem shark inhabiting tropical and warm temperate seas. It has a stocky body...
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  • Scientific name Image Alopias pelagicus, Pelagic thresher, (Alopiidae) Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Silvertip shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus altimus...
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    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...
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    Stream or warmer offshore waters (e.g. New Zealand and Maine). It is a pelagic species that can be found from the surface to depths of 150 m (490 ft)...
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    Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...
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    Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...
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    large eyes, and relatively small fins. An active-swimming predator of pelagic bony fishes, squid and shrimp, the crocodile shark has a sizable oily liver...
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    the family Lamnidae, commonly known as the mako sharks. They are largely pelagic, fast predatory fish capable of swimming at speeds up to 50 km/h (31 mph)...
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    of Europe with Cetorhinidae is doubtful. The basking shark is a coastal-pelagic shark found worldwide in boreal to warm-temperate waters. It lives around...
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    examples include the tiger shark, blue shark, great white shark, mako shark, thresher shark, and hammerhead shark. Sharks are caught by humans for shark meat...
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    Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...
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  • Thumbnail for Pacific sleeper shark
    Alopias (Thresher sharks) Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus) Alopias sp. (A. sp.)...
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    LAMNIFORMES Family Alopiidae (thresher sharks) Genus Alopias Rafinesque, 1810 Alopias pelagicus Nakamura, 1935 (pelagic thresher shark) Alopias superciliosus...
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    relative, the shortfin mako shark (I. oxyrinchus). The longfin mako is a pelagic species found in moderately deep water, having been reported to a depth...
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    predominantly ingests small to medium-sized bony fishes. It chases down pelagic fishes such as lancet fish, mackerel, pilchards, herring, and sauries,...
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    Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...
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    Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...
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    1267–1277. Science Direct. Web. 22 November 2011. p. 1268. [3] Seitz, J.C. Pelagic Thresher Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine. Florida Museum of Natural...
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    Lamniformes and has been recorded in the bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus), the pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus), the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)...
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    Alopias (Thresher sharks) Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus) Alopias sp. (A. sp.)...
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    includes other invertebrates, such as cuttlefish, blanket octopuses, and pelagic octopuses, as well as lobster, shrimp, crab, a large number of bony fishes...
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  • Thumbnail for Nurse shark
    Alopias (Thresher sharks) Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus) Alopias sp. (A. sp.)...
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    was not exhibited at the aquarium, they succeeded in captivity of Pelagic thresher for 26 days at the offshore fish farms in Iburi, Kochi Prefecture....
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  • Thumbnail for Southern sleeper shark
    Alopias (Thresher sharks) Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus) Alopias sp. (A. sp.)...
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    Alopias Pelagic thresher (A. pelagicus) Bigeye thresher (A. superciliosus) Common thresher (A. vulpinus)...
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