Occurrence and morphological comparisons of Campula oblonga (Digenea: Campulidae), including a report from an atypical host, the thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus.

The red muscle morphology of the thresher sharks (family Alopiidae).

A more medial and anterior position of the red aerobic myotomal muscle (RM) and the presence of a vascular counter-current heat exchange system provide the functional elements that facilitate regional RM endothermy in tunas, lamnid sharks and the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus). The convergent RM morphology among all species capable of RM endothermy suggests that RM position is a stron...

First Report on Recruits of Bigeye Thresher Shark Alopias Superciliosus (Laminiformes: Alopidae) with Largest Birth Size from Indian Waters

Four embryonic bigeye thresher sharks Alopias superciliosus (126–158 cm total length) were collected from two females caught by bottom set gillnet and hook and line (operating in 120–800 m depth) caught from off Kanyakumari area and landed in Cochin Fisheries Harbour on 11-06-2012 . Detailed morphometric measurements are provided. The ratio of size at birth (Lb) and maximum observed length (L m...

Short communication:First report of thresher sharks (Alopiidae) in the Gulf of Antalya

Movement patterns and nursery habitat of juvenile thresher sharks Alopias vulpinus in the Southern California Bight

We investigated the potential use of open coastal habitat over the continental shelf as a nursery area for the common thresher shark Alopias vulpinus. Seven juvenile threshers were tracked using acoustic telemetry to determine their movement patterns and nursery habitat in the Southern California Bight (SCB). Tracked sharks occupied waters over the continental shelf 87% of the time. These water...

Redescription of Dinemoura discrepans Cressey, 1967 (Copepoda: Pandaridae) parasitic on four species of sharks off southeast coast of Taiwan.

Dinemoura discrepans Cressey, 1967 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) is redescribed based on the specimens taken from four species of sharks caught off the southeast coast of Taiwan. The four species of sharks are: pelagic thresher, Alopias pelagicus Nakamura; bigeye thresher, A. superciliosus Lowe; blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller et Henle); and oceanic whitetip shark, C. ...