#alopiidae

[snototter]

[mantismen]

lol oki, i choose u

:3c

[alopiidae]

... shark boyfriends.........

[mantismen]

how about latias? that's the only one I'm confident I can draw from memory lol

[alopiidae]

shark girlfriends !

[oceanforsharks]

Featured Species: Longfin Mako (Isurus paucus)

Featured Species: Longfin Mako (Isurus paucus)

This week’s featured species is a highly skilled oceanic predator who was recently reclassified as an Endangered Species. The Longfin Mako (Isurus paucus) is a member of the family Lamnidae and the closest cousin to the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus). They have long gills, large eyes, and wicked looking teeth that protrude from their lower jaw. They are aptly named the longfin mako because of…

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Featured Species: Bigeye Thresher (Alopias superciliosus)

Featured Species: Bigeye Thresher (Alopias superciliosus)

This week’s featured species is the last, but certainly not least, of the weird and wild thresher sharks: the Bigeye Thresher Shark (Alopias superciliosus). The bigeye thresher distinguished from the thresher sharks by its distinct, huge eyes that extend along its flat topped head into deep groves (Ebert, Fowler, & Dando, 2015). The big eye thresher also has deep horizontal grooves that extend…

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Featured Species: Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus)

Featured Species: Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus)

This week’s featured species needs no introduction: the Pelagic Thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) has a narrow snout, large eyes, and long, straight pectoral fins with broad tips (Ebert, Fowler, & Dando, 2015). But what the thresher sharks are known for is their strikingly long tails. The upper lobe of their tails can be as long as the length of their entire body (Ebert, Fowler, & Dando, 2015).…

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