Thresher shark - Wikipedia
As a result, the long-tailed or common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus, is also known as the fox shark. [5] The common name is derived from a distinctive, thresher -like tail or caudal fin which can be as long as the body of the shark itself.
Common thresher - Wikipedia
Fox shark" is the earliest known English name for this species and is rooted in classical antiquity, from a belief that it was especially cunning. In the mid-19th century, the name "fox" was mostly superseded by "thresher", referencing the shark's flail-like use of its tail.
10 Thresher Shark Facts - Fact Animal
Thresher sharks are large lamniform sharks (commonly known as mackerel sharks), that can be found in tropical, and temperature oceans worldwide. Thresher sharks are in the same order as great whites, basking sharks, the megamouth shark, and unusual goblin shark.
Fox shark | shark species | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
They are the smalltooth sand tiger shark (O. ferox), which is distributed worldwide but is found primarily in the Indian and Pacific oceans and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Tasman seas, and the bigeye sand tiger shark (O. noronhai), which is found in open-ocean habitats primarily in the west-central Atlantic, central Pacific, and central In...
Thresher shark | Oceanic, Pelagic, Apex Predator | Britannica
The best-known species is the long-tailed thresher, or fox shark (A. vulpinus), a big, dark fish that grows about 6 m (20 feet) long and is found in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans. The long-tailed thresher is also a common food fish.
Atlantic Common Thresher Shark - NOAA Fisheries
2024年6月14日 · Thresher sharks are brown, gray, blue-gray, or blackish on the back and underside of their snout. They are lighter on the sides, and fully white below. Their pectoral, pelvic, and dorsal fins are blackish, and there are sometimes white dots on the tips of the pectoral, pelvic, and tail fins.
Alopias vulpinus, Thresher : fisheries, gamefish - FishBase
Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) > Alopiidae (Thresher sharks) Etymology: Alopias: From alopex, Greek for fox, referring to the ancient vernacular “fox shark,” from its supposed cunning (ancients believed that when it took a bait, it swallowed the hook until it got to the cord, which it bit off and so escaped).
Alopias vulpinus – Discover Fishes - Florida Museum
2023年12月21日 · The thresher shark was first described by Bonnaterre in 1788, as Squalus vulpinis and was later changed to the current name of Alopias vulpinus (Bonaterre, 1788). Vulpinus is derived from vulpes, which means “fox” in Latin.
Alopias pelagicus – Discover Fishes - Florida Museum
2023年12月21日 · Common names for threshers (Alopias spp.) include such terms as fox shark, fox-shark, foxtail, thresher, thrasher, sickletail, swingletail, and swiveltail. The only other common English name for the pelagic thresher is smalltooth thresher.
Common Thresher Shark | Alopias vulpinus | Shark Database
The common thresher shark, also known as fox shark or swiveltail, is the largest member of the thresher family. Adults are on average about 4.5 meters long, and some individuals grow to be 6 meters. Their most distinctive feature is their very long tail, which can be up to 3 meters long.