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The Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) is a shark whose tail fin has a greatly elongated upper lobe. This shark is a very strong swimmer and can even leap out of the water. The Common Thresher Shark is not an aggressive shark, but it can be provoked.
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Thresher shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thresher sharks are large lamniform sharks of the family Alopiidae . Found in all temperate and tropical oceans of the world, the family contains three species all within the genus Alopias . ...
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Common thresher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The common thresher , Alopias vulpinus , is the largest species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae, attaining a maximum known length of 6 meter. Almost half of that length consists of the elongat...
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Fetus of Common Thresher Shark ... Wielding such lethal, high-flying power raises the question of whether the Common Thresher Shark is dangerous to human beings. There are only five attacks by thresher sharks (species unidentified) against humans recorded in the International Shark Attack File (SAF), one provoked and four...
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Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department homepage. ... This shark is known as the thresher shark, common thresher, fox shark, sea fox, swiveltail, and thrasher. ... The thresher shark, an oceanic and coastal species, inhabits tropical and cold -temperate waters worldwide. It is most common in temperate waters.
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Genetic analyses have indicated that the Pacific U.S. -Mexico common thresher shark is stock is a single homogenous West Coast population ... Common thresher shark (NMFS photo)
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The thresher shark is characterized by its large upper caudal fin. This tail fin may often be 50 percent of the total length of the shark. It has a short snout and large eyes placed forward on the head. The second dorsal fin is much smaller than the first.
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Detailed information and stock underwater photographs of the Common Thresher Shark (Alopius vulpinus), Bigeye Thresher Shark (Alopius superciliosus) and Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopius pelagicus). ... The Common Thresher Shark (Alopius vulpinus) is often caught close to shore but this shy animal is rarely seen by divers.
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