Bigeye thresher shark
Alopias superciliosus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a 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 11 diving areas across 9 countries and 6 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 1 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 2 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 4 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 6 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 5 records