Thresher sharks are in the kingdom Animalia They

• Thresher sharks are in the kingdom Animalia. • They belong to Phylum Chordata. • They belong to Class Chondrichthyes. • They are in the Order Lamniforms. • They belong to the Family Alopias. • Their in the Genus Carcharodon. • They are Species Carcharians.

Size of a Thresher Shark • Mass – • Length – • The tail fin is often 50% of the total length of the shark. • It can grow up to 275 cm. • Plus it can weigh up to 550 lbs.

Location of a Thresher Shark • The thresher often swims at the surface of coastal waters. • The thresher shark is a summer visitor to the Canadian Atlantic region. • The thresher ranges through all warm and temperate areas of the worlds ocean. • Ranges up to eastern Newfoundland all the way down the Atlantic to the west Indies and northern South America.

Feeding Habits of Thresher Sharks • The foods that Thresher sharks eat most are copepod and herring. • The Thresher uses its tail to thrash around forcing the fish into smaller schools. • Then the tail can be used as a whip to stun or kill its prey.

Facts about Thresher Sharks • Thresher sharks have extremely large caudal fins that can be up to 50% of their body length. • The female thresher shark delivers 2 to 6 live pups at a size of 1. 5 meters long (5 ft. )

Human Impact on Thresher Sharks