Scientific Name	Alopias pelagicus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Nakamura, 1935	Depth	0 - 152M
Chinese	淺海狐鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	狐鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F020　Alopiidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	淺海長尾鯊
Max Length	383 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	長尾沙、淺海狐鮫、沙娘仔、小目午仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、North East、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Market at Suô [Suao], east coast of Taiwan, 24˚36'N, 121˚52'E
Synonyms	Alopias superciliosus, Alopias vulpinus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-圓口綱及軟骨魚綱(朱等, 2001)；FAO Species Catalogue, Vol.4 Sharks of the world  Steven Branstetter etc. 1983 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Chen, C.-T., K.-M. Liu etc. 1997 朱元鼎, 孟慶聞 等編 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0057307. ASIZP0806041. ASIZP0806217. ASIZP0806218. ASIZP0916041. ASIZP0916217. ASIZP0916218. FRIP20136. FRIP20425. NMMSTP00643.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Pelagic thresher shark; Pelagic thresher; Smalltooth thresher; Smalltooth thresher shark; Whiptail shark; Thresher shark; Fox shark
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body cylindrical, massive before first dorsal fin. Caudal fin dorsal lobe extremely long nearly as long as rest of shark. Eyes moderately large in adults, very large only in newborn and fetuses. Orbit does not expand onto dorsal surface of head. Dorsal profile of head convex and forehead moderately convex in lateral view. Each side of the head above gills possess an inconspicuous horizontal groove. Pectoral fins not falcate, straight and broad-tipped. Terminal lobe of caudal fin very small. White colour of abdomen not extending over pectoral fin bases.
habitats	This is an oceanic, epi-pelagic, circumtropical species. Ovoviviparous, litter size 2-4, but mostly 2. Maximum total length at least 330 cm. Size at birth estimated to be about 96 cm.
Distribution	Indian Ocean including South Africa, Red Sea, Arabian Sea. Western Pacific Ocean including China, Japan, Taiwan. Western South Pacific including Australia, New Caledonia, Tahiti. Central Pacific in Hawaiian Islands waters. Eastern Pacific from Mouth Gulf
Utility	This species usually caught with longlines and gillnets. Flesh utilized as fresh for human consumption, liver oil for vitamin extraction, hides for leather, and fins for shark-fin soup.