Alopias latidens

Description

Family Alopiidae

Distribution: marine ; all oceans. Upper lobe of caudal fin greatly elongate , caudal fin almost one-half of total length; third to fifth gill openings over origin of pectoral fin. Ovoviviparous, embryos feeding on yolk sac and other ova produced by the mother (Ref. 50449).The family Alopiidae belongs to the Class Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays ) and the Order Lamniformes. It contains 1 genus and 3 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are bearers. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be active . Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, alopex = fox

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Class: Chondrichthyes ()
        Subclass: Elasmobranchii () - Shark-Like Fishes
        Infraclass: Euselachii ()
        Cohort: Neoselachii ()
        Order: Lamniformes ()
        Family: Alopiidae () - Bonaparte, 1838 - Thresher Sharks
        Genus: Alopias () - Rafinesque, 1810
        Specific name: latidens
        Scientific name: - Alopias latidens

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Alopias

There are approximately 8 species in this genus:

A. abdutus · A. exigua · A. latidens · A. pelagicus (Fox Shark) · A. superciliosus (Big Eye Thresher Shark) · A. vulpinis · A. vulpinnus · A. vulpinus (Big-Eye Thresher)

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Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database

Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16334021
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2223484