قرش الدراس - قط البحار vs slender thistle

Alopias pelagicus compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• قرش الدراس - قط البحار is Endangered while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	قرش الدراس - قط البحار	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Chondrichthyes (أسماك غضروفية)	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order	Lamniformes (قروش حديثة)	Asterales (نجميات)
Family	Alopiidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Alopias	Carduus
Species	Alopias pelagicus	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

قرش الدراس - قط البحار

EN — Endangered

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	قرش الدراس - قط البحار	slender thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

قرش الدراس - قط البحار

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Taiwan. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

slender thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

قرش الدراس - قط البحار

The Bigeye thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species in the genus Alopias. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.