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The pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae; this group of sharks is characterized by the greatly elongated upper lobes of their caudal fins. The pelagic thresher occurs in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans , usually far from shore, but occasionally entering ...
The thresher shark mainly feeds on schooling pelagic fish such as bluefish, juvenile tuna and mackerel, which they are known to follow into shallow waters, as well as squid and cuttlefish. [16] Crustaceans and occasionally seabirds are also eaten. The thresher shark stuns its prey by using its elongated tail as a whipping weapon.
Family Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1838 (thresher sharks) Genus Alopias Rafinesque, 1810. Alopias pelagicus Nakamura, 1935 (pelagic thresher) Alopias superciliosus R. T. Lowe, 1841 (bigeye thresher) Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (common thresher) Family †Anacoracidae Capetta, 1987 (extinct, Cretaceous period) Genus †Squalicorax (crow sharks)
A video shows a huge and vulnerable thresher shark washing up on a beach in Queens, New York, on Monday afternoon. Witness Zoe Berger took the 32-second video of the fish on the sand struggling to ...
The shark appears to be jumping to avoid a sea lamprey The shark appears to be jumping to avoid a sea lamprey ... Thresher shark seen jumping out of the water in Nova Scotia. November 9, 2022 at 9 ...
A Bay Area photographer captures juvenile white sharks "smiling" in the warm waters of Monterey Bay.
English: A pelagic thresher shark using tail slaps while hunting sardines. Date: 2013: Source: Movie S3 from Oliver S, Turner J, Gann K, Silvosa M, D'Urban Jackson T ...
The common thresher (Alopias vulpinus), also known as Atlantic thresher, is the largest species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae, reaching some 6 m (20 ft) in length. About half of its length consists of the elongated upper lobe of its caudal fin .