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Alopiidae
bigeye thresher
Alopias superciliosus
Great eyes on far ranging migrations
bigeye thresher is known from Circumglobal as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Mackerel Sharks
- Family
- Alopiidae
- Genus
- Alopias
- Maximum length
- 488 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Circumglobal; tropical and temperate seas. Highly migratory species.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable

