Common Thresher

Les Requins-renards, Renards de mer ou Alopiidés (Alopiidae) forment une famille monotypique de requins contenant le genre Alopias. Dénomination Le nom de cette famille et de ce genre de requins dérive du grec Alopex qui signifie renard. Aspect Corps cylindrique, vigoureux.

The common thresher (Alopias vulpinus), also known as Atlantic thresher, is the largest species of thresher shark, family Alopiidae, reaching some 6 m (20 ft) in length. About half of its length consists of the elongated upper lobe of its caudal fin. With a streamlined body, short pointed snout, and modestly sized eyes, the common thresher resembles (and has often been confused with) the pelagic thresher (A.

El tiburón azotador, zorro marino o pez zorro (Alopias vulpinus) es una especie de elasmobranquio lamniforme de la familia Alopiidae. ​ Su extraordinaria cola mide casi tanto como el resto de su cuerpo. El lóbulo inferior de la cola es pequeño, pero el superior es muy largo, arqueado y terminado en punta.