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Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841

Bigeye thresher
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Alopias superciliosus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Image of Alopias superciliosus (Bigeye thresher)
Alopias superciliosus
Picture by Chow, S.

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أشلاق (القروش و الشفانين) (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) > Alopiidae (Thresher sharks)
Etymology: Alopias: From alopex, Greek for fox, referring to the ancient vernacular “fox shark,” from its supposed cunning (ancients believed that when it took a bait, it swallowed the hook until it got to the cord, which it bit off and so escaped) (See ETYFish)superciliosus: super (L.), over and above; ciliosus (L.), haughty or having a raised eyebrow, referring to enormous upward- looking eyes set high on head and/or marked groove over eyes (See ETYFish).
More on author: Lowe.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range البيئة

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