Longfin
The longfins also known as roundheads or spiny basslets are a family, Plesiopidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
Longfin Mako (Isurus paucus)
The longfin mako is perhaps the most beautiful of the sharks. The back is a deep blue, the underside a glittering white. It grows up to 3.6 m (12 ft.) in length and can weigh 455 kg (1000 lb.).
LONGFIN MAKO SHARK
The longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus), is very similar to the shortfin mako, but has longer pectoral fins and a blunter snout. It is also less-common shark than the shortfin mako.
Longfin makos are apparently a more deep water tropics-dwelling predator of which little is known. It wasn't even described as a separate species until 1966.
Similar Species Longfin Mako (I. paucus) has pectoral fin longer than head, underside of snout and mouth dusky, and short secondary keels at base of caudal fin.
A 12 cm long Longfin Escolar from the Coral Sea
A 17 mm Longfin Bannerfish, caught off Waianae, Hawaii
A 2.5 m long Bull Shark at 'The Cod Hole'
A 25 cm long Viperfish.
A 42 mm Australian Handfish
A 5 cm standard length Triplewart Seadevil.
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Just the Facts: The longfin mako's full-grown length is over 4 metres, and it has a dark bluish back and white underside. The pectoral fins are about as long as the head or longer, relatively broad-tipped in young and adults.
Longfin mako (Isurus paucus)
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
Black noddy (Anous minutus)
Gray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi)
Red coral (Corallium rubrum)
Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) ...
Longfin mako (Isurus paucus)
Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
Megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)
Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) ...
Similar Fish: white shark, Carcharodon carcharias; longfin mako, Isurus paucus
Additional Information:
Image Credit: Diane Rome Peebles ...
There are 36 species, or kinds, of dolphin, including bottlenose dolphin, Risso's dolphin, false killer whale, Pacific whitesided dolphin, orca (killer whale, the biggest dolphin), longfinned pilot whale, shortfinned pilot whale, ...
 See also: Gnu, Shark, Mako, White Shark, Eagle
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