Big eye thresher shark vs mango-pine

Alopias superciliosus compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Key Differences

• Big eye thresher shark is Vulnerable while mango-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big eye thresher shark	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Alopiidae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Alopias	Barringtonia
Species	Alopias superciliosus	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Big eye thresher shark

VU — Vulnerable

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big eye thresher shark	mango-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big eye thresher shark

Habitat

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

Range

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

mango-pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.

Big eye thresher shark

The Big eye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus) is a species in the genus Alopias. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan