Big eye thresher shark vs Katung Fa

Alopias superciliosus compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Big eye thresher shark is Vulnerable while Katung Fa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big eye thresher shark	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Chondrichthyes (ปลากระดูกอ่อน)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Lamniformes (อันดับปลาฉลามขาว)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Alopiidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Alopias	Alstonia
Species	Alopias superciliosus	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Big eye thresher shark

VU — Vulnerable

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big eye thresher shark	Katung Fa
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.

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

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.