5891 Alopias pelagicus Nakamura, 1935 Alopiidae Thresher sharks Lamniformes Elasmobranchii Pelagic thresher Circumglobal. Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Maldives (Ref. 30829), Somalia, South Africa, Western Australia, China, Taiwan, Japan, New Caledonia, Hawaiian Islands and Tahiti. Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California and the Galapagos. Reliable records lacking partly due to its confusion with <i>Alopias vulpinus</i>. 2000 Alopias pelagicus