EMW id | EMW ref. id | FAO species category | Species | Scientific name | Lower EMW (g) | Upper EMW (g) | Reference indicates lower or upper EMW figure? | EMW Method | Similar species EMW id | Length-weight calculations | *** Fish Size Quote *** | *** Explanatory Notes *** | Link to reference (external site) | Reference document | Reference url (or book) | Link to FishBase.org Species Summary (external site) | Species not given ind |
EMW-443 | 1 | Thresher | Thresher | Alopias vulpinus | 3,973.57 | 10,199.18 | Both | Weight at average length ("average of most","usual length", "length of most") using less exact length-weight relationships | | More info. | "All specimens were collected in the morning hours from nets set overnight, which is the general practice of the drift gill net fishery. Sampled sharks ranged in size from 79 cm to 237 cm FL (lengths were available for 163 sharks out of 165) with 82% between 130 and 189 cm FL" | | More info. | "Feeding Habits of the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) sampled from the California-based drift gill-net fishery 1998-1999". "California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations" website | More info | More info. | |