Alopias
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Name (Latin)
Alopias
See Also From tracing topical name
Alopiidae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q627902
Library of congress:
sh 85003795
Sources of Information
- A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada, 1980.
- Syn. liv. org.:v. 2, p. 851.
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Threshershark
Petter Lindgren, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Alopias superciliosus embryos nefsc.jpg
Apex Predators Program, NOAA/NEFSC, Public domain
File:Greyreefsharksmall2.jpg
, Cc-by-sa-3.0
File:Pacifica thresher shark.jpg
File:Thresher.jpg
Thomas Alexander, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Thresher shark jumping.jpg
Steve Momot, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikipedia description:
Thresher sharks are large mackerel sharks of the family Alopiidae found in all temperate and tropical oceans of the world; the family contains three extant species, all within the genus Alopias. All three thresher shark species have been listed as vulnerable by the World Conservation Union since 2007 (IUCN). All three are popular big-game sport fish, and additionally they are hunted commercially for their meat, livers (for shark liver oil), skin (for shagreen) and fins (for use in delicacies such as shark-fin soup). Despite being active predatory fish, thresher sharks do not appear to be a threat to humans.
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