Pelagic thresher
Alopias pelagicus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Family
- Alopiidae
- Genus
- Alopias
Where to Find
Found in 13 diving areas across 9 countries and 7 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 18 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 7 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 4 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 9 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 3 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 3 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records