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Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841

Bigeye thresher
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Spain country information

Common names: Bigeye thresher, Coleto, Guilla d'ulls grossos
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Playa América, Nigrán (Pontevedra) Galicia, (Ref. 86578). Also Ref. 43278.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Renard à gros yeux, Zorro ojón, Whiptail, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (hajar och rockor) (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 Ekologi

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