As a result, the long-tailed or common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus, is also known as the fox shark. [5] The common name is derived from a distinctive, thresher -like tail or caudal fin which …

Fox shark" is the earliest known English name for this species and is rooted in classical antiquity, from a belief that it was especially cunning. In the mid-19th century, the name "fox" was mostly …

Thresher sharks are large lamniform sharks (commonly known as mackerel sharks), that can be found in tropical, and temperature oceans worldwide. Thresher sharks are in the same order …

They are the smalltooth sand tiger shark (O. ferox), which is distributed worldwide but is found primarily in the Indian and Pacific oceans and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Tasman …

U.S. wild-caught Atlantic common thresher shark is a smart seafood choice because it is sustainably managed and responsibly harvested under U.S. regulations.

The best-known species is the long-tailed thresher, or fox shark (A. vulpinus), a big, dark fish that grows about 6 m (20 feet) long and is found in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans. The …

The Thresher Shark is also known as the Alopias Vulpinus or Fox Shark. Its name comes from the sharks unusually large tail (caudal fin), which is in most cases, as long as the shark itself! …