{"id":6158,"date":"2026-07-18T18:23:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/?p=6158"},"modified":"2026-07-18T18:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:23:31","slug":"alopiidae-de-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/alopiidae-de-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Alopiidae de Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phylum\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/chordata-de-chile\/\">Chordata<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0| Clase\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/chondrichthyes-de-chile\/\">Chondrichthyes<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0| Orden <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chilefauna.cl\/index.php\/lamniformes-de-chile\/\">Lamniformes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Investigador(es) a cargo:&nbsp;<\/strong>Tom\u00e1s Rom\u00e1n de la Fuente (<strong>temporal<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Citar como:\u00a0<\/strong>Rom\u00e1n-de la Fuente, T.\u00a0<em>Alopiidae de Chile<\/em>. ChileFauna. Recuperado el [inserte fecha de consulta] de [URL]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00bfEres especialista en este grupo y deseas ser el investigador a cargo? Escribe a tomasromandlf@gmail.com. \u00a1Gracias!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Alopiidae<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0Bonaparte, 1835<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los <strong>Alopiidae<\/strong> son una familia de tiburones pertenecientes al orden de los Lamniformes, conocidos popularmente como <strong>tiburones zorro<\/strong> o <strong>peje-zorros<\/strong>. Su caracter\u00edstica anat\u00f3mica m\u00e1s asombrosa y distintiva es su extraordinaria aleta caudal (cola), cuyo l\u00f3bulo superior est\u00e1 sumamente elongado, llegando a medir casi lo mismo que el resto de su cuerpo. Poseen ojos proporcionalmente muy grandes, adaptados para captar la luz en condiciones de baja visibilidad, un hocico corto y c\u00f3nico, y carecen de membrana nictitante, compartiendo las caracter\u00edsticas esenciales de su orden, incluida la capacidad de mantener ciertas partes de su cuerpo calientes (endotermia parcial).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esta familia cuenta con un \u00fanico g\u00e9nero vivo, <em>Alopias<\/em>, que agrupa a tres especies que habitan principalmente en las aguas templadas y tropicales de los oc\u00e9anos Atl\u00e1ntico, Pac\u00edfico e \u00cdndico, tanto en mar abierto (zonas pel\u00e1gicas) como cerca de las plataformas costeras. El rasgo biol\u00f3gico m\u00e1s espectacular de los Alopiidae es su t\u00e9cnica de caza \u00fanica: utilizan su largu\u00edsima cola como si fuera un l\u00e1tigo para golpear el agua a gran velocidad, logrando aturdir, herir o matar instant\u00e1neamente a densos bancos de peque\u00f1os peces y calamares antes de devorarlos. Son nadadores incansables, veloces y acrob\u00e1ticos que, a pesar de su impresionante tama\u00f1o de hasta 6 metros de longitud, resultan inofensivos para los seres humanos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alopiidae\u00a0de Chile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En aguas chilenas han sido registradas dos especies de peje-zorros. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>N\u00famero de taxones en Chile:<\/strong>\u00a02 (especies v\u00e1lidas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Alopias superciliosus<\/em> Lowe, 1841<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Alopias vulpinus<\/em> (Bonnaterre, 1788)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Referencias<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>H\u00fcne, M. (2019).&nbsp;<\/strong>Lista sistem\u00e1tica actualizada de los peces de Chile. Gbif.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gbif-chile.mma.gob.cl\/ipt\/resource?r=peces#anchor-versions\">https:\/\/gbif-chile.mma.gob.cl\/ipt\/resource?r=peces#anchor-versions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phylum\u00a0Chordata\u00a0| Clase\u00a0Chondrichthyes\u00a0| Orden Lamniformes Investigador(es) a cargo:&nbsp;Tom\u00e1s Rom\u00e1n de la Fuente (temporal) Citar como:\u00a0Rom\u00e1n-de la Fuente, T.\u00a0Alopiidae de Chile. ChileFauna. Recuperado el [inserte fecha de consulta] de [URL] \u00bfEres especialista en este grupo y deseas ser el investigador a cargo? 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