Thresher Alopias vulpinus

Classification

Alopiidae [family]

Alopias [genus] (2)

Alopiidae [family]

Alopias [genus] (2)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Curaçao

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao

Notes on presence status	Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean islands by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

Beek, I.J.M. van, Debrot, A.O., Graaf, M. de 2012. Elasmobranchs in the Dutch Caribbean: current population status, fisheries and conservations. IMARES, Wageningen University.
MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
Anderson, C.L., Tassell, J.L. van, Brown, B., Robertson, D.R., Piontek, S., Hoetjes, P.C., Sparks, J.S., Kramer, A. & Buurt, G. van 2006. Preliminary list of fishes from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute expedition to Curaçao with comparison to previously formulated lists. [link]