Scientific Name	Alopias superciliosus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Lowe, 1841)	Depth	0 - 500M
Chinese	深海狐鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	狐鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F020　Alopiidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	大眼長尾鯊
Max Length	488 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	長尾沙、三娘鯊、深海狐鮫、沙娘仔、大眼長尾鯊、大目午仔
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、North East、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Madeira, Northeastern Atlantic
Synonyms	Alopecias superciliosus, Alopias pelagicus, Alopias profundus, Alopias superciliousus, 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  Lowe, R. T. 1841 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	ASIZP0805912. ASIZP0806214. ASIZP0806215. ASIZP0806216. ASIZP0915912. ASIZP0916214. ASIZP0916215. ASIZP0916216. FRIP20380. FRIP20507. NMMBP04780. NMMBP04781.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Thresher shark; Whiptail; Big-eye shark; Big eye thresher shark; Bigeye thresher; Bigeye thresher shark; Long-tailed 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 expand onto dorsal surface of head. Dorsal profile of head indented and forehead weakly convex in lateral view. Each side of the head above gills possess a deep horizontal groove. Pectoral fins falcate with broad apices. Terminal lobe of caudal fin moderately large. White colour of abdomen not extending over pectoral fin bases.
habitats	This species usually found in coastal waters over the continental shelves, sometimes close inshore in shallow waters. Ovoviviparous, Litter size 2-4, but usually 2. Maximum total length about 461 cm. Size at birth estimated to be about 64-106 cm.
Distribution	Western Atlantic including New York to Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Venezuela, and southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic including Portugal, Madeira, Senegal, Guinea to Sierra Leone, Angola. Mediterranean Sea. Western Indian Ocean including South Africa, Madagasca
Utility	This species usually caught with longlines and gill net. Flesh utilized as fresh for human consumption, its liver oil is processed for vitamins, its skin for leather, and fins for shark-fin soup.