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SpeciesLamniformesAlopiidae
Sharks & rays

🦈Common thresher

Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

マオナガ（真尾長） Alopias vulpinus（Common thresher）は、ネズミザメ目オナガザメ科に属するサメ。世界中の熱帯から亜寒帯海域の沿岸から外洋まで広く分布する。オナガザメ類では最大で、全長6m以上になるとされる。外見はニタリ A. pelagicus と非常に類似し、しばしば見間違えられる。小魚などを尾鰭で攻撃し、捕食する。卵食型の胎生。2〜6尾の子どもを産む。繁殖速度を上回る過剰漁獲により世界中で数が減少している。

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Also called
Common Thresher Shark, Thresher shark, tresher shark, tresher
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
348 kg
Body length
4.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
25 years
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Everything we know about the Common thresher

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
348 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
4.5 mrecord 5.73 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

By sex

  • Female5.49 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan
25 yearsmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
4.5
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.5 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
348 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Common thresher yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderLamniformes
  5. ›familyAlopiidae
  6. ›genusAlopias
  7. ›speciesAlopias vulpinus
Full lineage
  1. superclassGnathostomata
  2. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  3. subclassElasmobranchii
  4. orderLamniformes
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
  8. orderLamniformes
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Requin-renard commun (fr), Alopias vulpinus (es), 長尾沙 (zh), Gemeiner Fuchshai (de), revehai (nb), voshaai (nl) … and 22 more languages
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