Tematica Pesci

Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841

Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874

Subphylum: Vertebrata Lamarck J-B., 1801

Classe: Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880

Ordine: Lamniformes Berg L.S., 1958

Famiglia: Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1832

Genere: Alopias Rafinesque, 1810

Descrizione

E' il più grande fra gli Alopidi, raggiunge una lunghezza massima 4,8 m. Alopius superciliosus si ciba di sgombri, tonni, aringhe, marlin, e calamari.

Diffusione

Diffuso nei mari tropicali e subtropicali fino ad una profondita di 500 m.

Bibliografia

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–Gilmore, R.G. (May 6, 1983). "Observations on the Embryos of the Longfin Mako, Isurus paucus, and the Bigeye Thresher, Alopias superciliosus". Copeia. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 1983 (2): 375-382.
–Carey, F.G., Teal, J.M., Kanwisher, J.W., Lawson, K.D. and Beckett, J.S. (February 1971). "Warm-bodied fish". American Zoologist. 11 (1): 135-143.
–Sepulveda, C.A., Wegner, N.C., Bernal, D. and Graham, J.B. (2005). "The red muscle morphology of the thresher sharks (family Alopiidae)". Journal of Experimental Biology. 208 (Pt 22): 4255-4261.
–Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2016). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 8.

	Data: 28/07/2014 Emissione: Ittiofauna Stato: Fiji

	Stato: Grenada

	Data: 14/03/2008 Emissione: Squali Stato: Ascension Island