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Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841

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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
Alopias megalomatos in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Azotador in Spanish
Big eye thresher shark in English
Big-eye shark in English
Big-eye shark in English
Big-eyed thresher in English
Bigeye Thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher in English
Bigeye thresher shark in English
Bigeye tresher in English
Cação-raposa-olho-grande in Portuguese
Coleto in Spanish
Coludo cebucano in Spanish
Cá Nhàm đuôi dài mắt to in Vietnamese
Grootoog-sambokhaai in Afrikaans
Grootoogvoshaai in Dutch
Grossaugenfuchshai in German
Großaugen-Fuchshai in German
Großäugiger Drescherhai in German
Großäugiger Drescherhai in German
Großäugiger Fuchshai in German
Großäugiger Fuchshai in German
Guilla d'ulls grossos in Catalan–Valencian
Hachiware in Japanese
Hiu lancur in language.
Hiu monyet in language.
Hiu tikus in language.
Jarjur in Arabic
Karibiankettuhai in Finnish
Karibiankettuhai in Finnish
Long-tailed shark in English
Long-tailed shark in English
Manō hi'ukā in language.
Manō laukāhi'u in language.
Paitan in Indonesian
Pating in language.
Peixe-raposo in Portuguese
Peixe-rato in Portuguese
Peje-zorro ojón, zorro in language.
Pejerrabo in Spanish
Pelagic thresher in English

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). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  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.
  9. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (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.
  15. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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