Common Thresher Shark
Alopias vulpinus
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 19 diving areas across 12 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Victoria, Australia - 36 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 20 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 29 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 12 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 18 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 2 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 3 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 9 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 1 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 4 records