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Alopias vulpinus Common thresher, Thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus is commonly referred to as Common thresher, Thresher shark. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
5322 
AphiaID:
105836 
Scientific:
Alopias vulpinus 
German:
Gemeine Fuchshai 
English:
Common Thresher, Thresher Shark 
Category:
Hajer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Lamniformes (Order) > Alopiidae (Family) > Alopias (Genus) > vulpinus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bonnaterre, ), 1788 
Occurrence:
Zirkumsubtropisch, Circumtropic 
Sea depth:
1 - 650 Meter 
Size:
up to 236.22" (600 cm) 
Weight:
348 kg 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Big fish, Codfish, Fish (little fishes), Sepia, Small Sharks, Smelts 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Vulnerable (VU) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-04-24 16:04:49 

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Alopias vulpinus, also known as common thresher or thresher is a kind of mackerel sharks [family Lamnidae]. Conspicuous mainly by the very long upper part of the tail fin they can be found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters. Alopias vulpinus lives as loners or in small, mostly single-sex groups. He is almost found worldwide in coastal and pelagic, in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean at depths up to about 350 meters.

His eyes have no nictitating membrane, they are located on the side of the head. They are compared to other sharks strikingly large, but do not reach the top of the head as in other species. The labial both sides of the relatively small mouth are short, the snout is rather tapered.

The common thresher is known for often-meter high jumps out of the water, he is an active, but most of all verry fast swimmer.

Order: Lamniformes
Family: Alopiidae
Genus: Alopias
Species: Alopias vulpinus

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Shark bites can be quite lethal to humans, especially the 10 most dangerous shark species are considered and can launch unprovoked attacks from humans: - Great white shark - Bull shark - Tiger shark - Sand tiger shark - Blacktip shark - Bronze shark - Spinner shark - Blue shark - Hammerhead shark - Whitetip shark The bite by a shark is one of the most basic fears of humans, but the number of deaths caused by shark attacks is very low: in 2015 there were 98 attacks by sharks and in 6 cases the attack resulted in a fatal end for humans. In 2016 there were 107 attacks by sharks and in 8 cases the attack resulted in a fatal end for humans. Sources: http://hai.ch/Hai-Infos/Unfaelle/index.html http://www.focus.de/reisen/videos/auch-urlaubsorte-betroffen-schrecklicher-rekord-2016-gab-es-mehr-hai-angriffe-als-je-zuvor_id_6519581.html http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/hai-angriffe-erreichen-2015-rekordhoch-weiterer-anstieg-erwartet-a-1076339.html http://www.zeit.de/2016/37/haie-toetung-tierschutz-surfer
In 2022, there were a total of 108 shark attacks in the USA.

Conversely, however, 100 million sharks were killed by humans. http://www.zeit.de/2016/37/haie-toetung-tierschutz-surfer The risk of being bitten by a shark varies greatly from region to region, with most attacks occurring in Florida, Australia and South Africa. Please be careful not to go into the water with bleeding skin wounds, heed bathing warnings from the authorities and be very careful when using surfboards, as sharks can easily confuse the boards with seals and harbour seals. After shark bites, always call a doctor or / and the rescue service as soon as possible, as heavy bleeding can be life-threatening.

https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/shark-attack-statistics/

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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