Isurus
"Mako shark" redirects here. For other uses, see Mako shark (disambiguation).
| Isurus Temporal range: 56–0Ma[1] Thanetian to Present | |
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| Shortfin mako shark (I. oxyrinchus) | |
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| Longfin mako shark (I. paucus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Lamnidae |
| Genus: | Isurus Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 | |
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Isurus is a genus of mackerel sharks in the family Lamnidae, commonly known as the mako sharks. The two living species are the common shortfin mako shark (I. oxyrinchus) and the rare longfin mako shark (I. paucus), and several extinct species known from fossils. They range in length from 2.5 to 4.5 m (9 to 15 ft), and have an approximate maximum weight of 800 kg (1,750 lb). The family Lamnidae also includes sharks such as the great white shark and the porbeagle. Mako sharks are capable of swimming at speeds of up to 60 km/h (37 mph), and jumping up to 7 m (23 ft) into the air.
Species
The genus contains these species:
- Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) (shortfin mako)
- Isurus paucus (Guitart-Manday, 1966) (longfin mako)[2]
- †Isurus desori (Agassiz, 1843)
- †Isurus flandricus (Leriche, 1910)
- †Isurus minutus (Agassiz, 1843)
- †Isurus nakaminatoensis (Saito, 1961)
- †Isurus planus (Agassiz, 1856)
- †Isurus praecursor (Leriche, 1905)
- †Isurus rameshi (Mehrotra, Mishra & Srivastava, 1973)
See also
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ↑ Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982 ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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