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Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Lamniformes
family
Alopiidae
genus
Alopias
species
Alopias superciliosus

Name

Synonyms
Alopecias superciliosus Lowe, 1841
Alopias profundus Nakamura, 1935
Alopias superciliousus Lowe, 1841
Homonyms
Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841
Common names
Big-eye shark in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Grossaugenfuchshai in German
Großaugen-Fuchshai in German
Großäugiger Drescherhai in German
Großäugiger Fuchshai in German
Karibiankettuhai in Finnish
Long-tailed shark in English
Peje-zorro ojón, zorro in language.
Pesce volpe occhio grosso in Italian
Raposo-de-olhos-grandes in Portuguese
Renard à gros yeux in French
Renard à gros yeux in French
Thresher shark in English
Tiburón zorro in Spanish
Tubarão-raposo-olhudo in Portuguese
Zorro negro in Spanish
Zorro ojón in Spanish
Zorro-de-olhos-grandes in Portuguese
bigeye thresher in English
bigeye thresher in English
bigeye thresher shark in English
deepsea bigeye thresher in English
didžiaakė jūrų lapė in Lithuanian
grootoog-sambokhaai in Afrikaans
grootoogvoshaai in Dutch
großäugiger Fuchshai in German
hachiware in Japanese
renard à gros yeux in French
sapan köpekbalığı in Turkish
tiburón zorro in Spanish
tiburón zorro ojón in Spanish
tiburón zorro ojón in Spanish
tubarâo raposo in Portuguese
velikooka morska lisica in Slovenian
zorro ojón in Spanish
zorro ojón in Spanish
zorro olho grande in Portuguese
Μεγαλόματος αλεπόσκυλος in Greek, Modern (1453-)
большеглазая морская лисица in Russian
כרישועל גדול-עין in Hebrew
ハチワレ in Japanese
Bigeye Thresher in English
Bigeye Thresher in English
Alopias megalomatos in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Azotador in Spanish
Bigeye Thresher Shark in English
Bigeye Tresher shark in English
Cação-raposa-olho-grande in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Acuña et al. 2002, Compagno 2001, Lamilla et al. 2010; Vega 2012; Romero et al. 2015, Ebert & Mostarda 2016.
  2. Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and Lynne R. Parenti, 2001: null. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 253.
  3. Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p.
  4. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
  5. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 2001: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date, vol. 2: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, no. 1, vol. 2. viii + 269.
  6. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  7. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  8. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
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  11. Lowe, R. T. (1841). Certain new species of Madeiran fishes . <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840.</em> (pt. 8, no. 89): 36-39.
  12. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  13. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  14. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  15. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  16. Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118.
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