Big eye thresher shark vs One Toe

Alopias superciliosus compared with Tabebuia lepidota

Key Differences

• Big eye thresher shark is Vulnerable while One Toe is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big eye thresher shark	One Toe
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Alopiidae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Alopias	Tabebuia
Species	Alopias superciliosus	Tabebuia lepidota

Conservation Status

Big eye thresher shark

VU — Vulnerable

One Toe

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big eye thresher shark	One Toe
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.

One Toe

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Cuba.

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.