vs Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

Asperococcus ensiformis compared with Alopias pelagicus

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico
Kingdom	Chromista (Chromista)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)
Order	Ectocarpales (Ectocarpales)	Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks)
Family	Chordariaceae	Alopiidae
Genus	Asperococcus	Alopias
Species	Asperococcus ensiformis	Alopias pelagicus

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, New Zealand, and Norway.

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

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.

Asperococcus ensiformis é uma alga parda que cresce nas zonas intertidal e infralitoral de costas temperadas e subtropicais do mundo todo. Caracteriza-se pelo talo em forma de espada ou fita, que costuma se fixar a rochas e outros substratos.

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

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.