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Bigeye thresher - Alopias superciliosus

Family ALOPIIDAE - Thresher Sharks

Resouces from government sites on Alopias superciliosus :

Description Bigeye Thresher - Alopias superciliosus
A biological profile on the Bigeye Thresher, Alopias superciliosus. ... The currently
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/sharkkey/bigeyethresher.html

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus). ... Bigeye thresher (Alopias
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Alopias_superciliosus.html

ADW: Alopias superciliosus: Classification
Alopias superciliosus (bigeye thresher). Classification. What do these icons mean?
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Alopiidae.html

ADW: Alopiidae: Classification
...sharks). Genus Alopias. Species Alopias pelagicus (pelagic thresher shark).
http://id-www.ucsb.edu/lovelab/l_long.html

The Fish List
...(Eschmeyer et al. 1983, Compagno 1984). Family. Alopiidae Thresher Sharks.
http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/enps.htm

PSRC - Eastern North Pacific Sharks
FAMILY ALOPIIDAE — THRESHER SHARKS Alopias pelagicus (Nakamura, 1935) — Pelagic
http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/lht_litcited.htm

PSRC - Life History Table - Literature Cited
1997. Reproductive biology of the bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus
http://swfsc.ucsd.edu/frd/Species/NewSpecies1.htm

by species general info home
Sharks. Bigeye Thresher, Alopias superciliosus. Icon link to Fish Base
http://porites.geology.uiowa.edu/database/teleost/otoliths.htm

Taxa
PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara). ALOPIIDAE Alopias
http://atsea.nmfs.hawaii.edu/cr02002.htm

NOAA Research Vessel Townsend Cromwell Student Connection
Oceanic white tip shark. Carcharhinus longimanus. 2. 3. Bigeye thresher shark. Alopias
http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/peet/products.htm

Products
...and adults of L. amplifica which were obtained from Alopias pelagicus, and a new
http://oceanica.cofc.edu/SharkTagging/Home.htm

Shark Tagging Home
These include: bigeye thresher - Alopias superciliosus smooth hammerhead - Sphyrna
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2004/Cobain/literature.htm

Introduction
Weng, KC and Block, BA 2004. Diel vertical migration of the bigeye thresher shark
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/sharkteeth/

National Museum of Natural History - Paleobiology
Alopias superciliosus - females have broader teeth (see Gruber & Compagno, 1981)
http://collections.ucsd.edu/mv/fish_collection/osteo.html

Class Myxini
Mitsukurinidae. Mitsukurina sp. [s]. Alopiidae. Alopias superciliosus (Lowe)
http://www.miami.edu/sharklab/research_drgruberpub.html



Academic web resources on Alopias superciliosus :

RFE Nomenclature by Family: AE
Name: Alopias superciliosus FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: by FDA RFE 8 Letter code:
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/aefgsgen.html

RFE Geographic Distribution by Genus: AE
Bigeye Thresher Shark, Bigeye Thresher Shark Alopias superciliosus Shark, Thresher,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2321561&dopt=Abstract

Anatomical studies of the coronary system in elasmobranchs: I. ...
...arteries has been done in five shark species of the order Lamniformes: Isurus
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8169955&dopt=Abstract

Sperm storage in male elasmobranchs: a description and survey.
...in diameter and larger) of randomly clumped sperm embedded in and surrounded by
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=publication&search_id=pub_id&search_id_value=1727

ITIS 'Publication' Search results for Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. ...
Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1841) -- valid -- bigeye thresher, zorro ojón. Alopias
http://www.nps.gov/chis/rm/HTMLPages/CHIS-Fish11-15-00.html

NPSpecies: Park-Species Report
...poachers. sea poachers. 171465, Alloclinus holderi, Alloclinus holderi, Island Kelpfish,
http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/sharks/intro.html

Cooperative Shark Tagging Program
...sandbar shark), eight species between 1,000 and 2,000 nmi (tiger, bignose C. altimus,
http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/sharks/lw/bigeye.html

Figure 3
Figure 3. Relationship between fork length and total body weight (sexes combined)
http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/sitechar/pelagic5.html

">V. Nekton Assemblages
Occasionally, the bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus), salmon shark (Lamna
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/tm/tm110/tm110f3.htm



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