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    Genus Accepted

    Alopias Rafinesque, 1810

    Thresher Sharks
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Alopiidae

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Alopidi Italian
      Drescherhaie German
      Echte Fuchshaie German
      Fuchshaie German
      Kosogon Polish
      Requin-renard French
      Squalo volpe Italian
      Thresher Sharks English
      Thresher shark English
      Tiburones zorro Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      10 results
      Hist. Classif. Fish., 1
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      Müller, J., & Henle, F. G. J. (1838). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit Und Comp., Berlin, i–xxii + 1–200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1–28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27–28, 29–102 in 1839, i–xxii + 103–200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=486801
      Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco., Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=81
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      as per synonymized taxon.
      Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).
      Kutsokon, Yuliya & Kvach, Yuriy. (2012). Українські назви міног і риб фауни України для наукового вжитку [Ukrainian names of lampreys and fishes of the fauna of Ukraine]. Studia Biologica. 6. 199–220. 10.30970/sbi.0602.208.
      Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per Le Stampe Di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy, Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i–iv] 3–69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia–iva + 71–105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1–20. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.104418 10.5962/bhl.title.104418

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