Thresher Sharks!esher Sha

By: Ryan Herron

Kingdom:Animalia

 Characteristics that place it here:

.All members are multicelluar, and heterotrophs.

.Most ingest food, and digest in internal cavity.

PPhylum: Chordata

.They have no cell walls

. They are made up of cells into tissues.

.Most Thresher Sharks reproduce 

.A complete digestive system

. A large amount of bones

.pharyngeal pouches

Class: Chondrichthyes

Characteristics that place it here:

.Warm blooded

.Inhabits warm temperature

. And finally water world wide.

Order: Lamniformes

Characteristics that place it here:

.The tail fin has a greatly elongated upper lobe.

.They can vault completely out of water.

Family: Alopiidae

 .300 Ft long in length to 500ft.long Not very aggressive sharks, big

teeth.

Genius: Alopias

The thresher shark eats small animals such as bluefish, shad,

mackerel, menhaden, and others. They are known to eat on squid.

Species: Alopias Vulpinus

The Thresher Shark prefers cool and warm water.

They are popular game fish.

They are considered harmless to humans. But two Threshers have 

attacked boats.

                                   References:

                           www.yahoo.com click on Thresher sharks

II really got this reference atowww.yahoo.com then type in Thresher sharks 

and click on order of classification.