Species: Isurus paucus, Longfin Mako, Longfin Mako Shark
eye large
Isurus paucus Guitart Manday, 1966
Longfin Mako, Longfin Mako Shark
Body slender, fusiform; eye relatively large; snout relatively short, broad, bluntly pointed; nostrils on side of snout; teeth long, narrow, not serrated, relatively straight; 5 long gill slits, all before pectoral; origin of first dorsal fin behind pectoral; second dorsal and anal fins very small, origin of anal under end of base of second dorsal; pectorals very long, 20-28% of TL, ~same as head, tip bluntly pointed; tail almost symmetrical, semilunar; tail base flattened, with large keel that extends onto tail fin.
Back and sides intense blue; belly white; underside of snout and mouth dusky.
Size: 430 cm.
Habitat: oceanic, inshore when giving birth.
Depth: surface to 1752 m.
Circumglobal; the E US to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Near Surface
- Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Live birth
- No pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends N + S of GC
- Extends North of GC
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Endangered
- Listed
- CITES
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- Appendix II
- Listed
- Length Max
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- 430
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 1752
