MAKO SHARK ATTACKS
The Mako is considered dangerous and there have been attacks on people.
Mako
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(mä´k), heavy-bodied, fast-swimming shark, genus Isurus, highly prized as a game fish.
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.
Mako sharks have five large gill slits, well-developed eyes (slightly larger in the longfin) and pronounced knife-like, non-serrated teeth.
Shortfin mako shark, the fish
Longfin mako shark, a fish closely related to the Shortfin
Mako Shark (show car), the Chevrolet concept car
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Shortfin Mako Shark
The shortfin mako shark is a sleek spindle shaped shark with a long conical snout. This shark has short pectoral fins and a crescent shaped caudal (tail) fin. There is a distinct caudal keel on the caudal base.
Shortfin mako
Isurus oxyrinchus
Shortfin makos are the world's fastest sharks and can leap spectacularly out of the water when in pursuit of prey.
Shortfin Mako Shark: Isurus oxyrinchus
Appearance:
lunate tail with similarly sized lobes; lateral keel at the base of the tail; deep blue back and white underside; underside of sharply pointed snout white; ...
Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus):
Short-fin and long-fin makos are close cousins with the great white shark. They are very fast swimmers and can reach speeds of up to 60 miles per hour.
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.).
Mako sharks develop this way.
The young develop inside the mother's uterus and are born live. In some kinds of shark, the young eat each other before birth and the strongest one is the only one to be born.
Hammerhead sharks develop this way.
Shortfin mako shark (I. oxyrinchus) Â- Longfin mako shark (I. paucus)
Lamna
Salmon shark (L. ditropis) Â- Porbeagle (L. nasus) ...
A Shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) off the coast of California, United States.
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Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
The shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) is believed to be the fastest-swimming of all sharks, thought to be capable of attaining bursts of... More 15 Images 4 Videos ...
8. Shortfin Mako, Isurus oxyrinchus - to 12', surface of open seas to neashore waters. Feeds primarily on schooling fishes like mackerel and herring. Potentially dangerous shark.
Similar Species Mako sharks (genus Isurus) are similar but have smooth-edged teeth and more slender bodies, with first dorsal origin well behind pectoral fin base, and lack spot behind pectoral fin.
Shortfin Mako, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810
Short-finned Conger-eel, Conger wilsoni
Short-finned Conger-eel, Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Short-finned Pilot Whale
Shortsnout Lancetfish, Alepisaurus brevirostris ...
dolphins, including frolicking and bow riding Offshore Bottlenosed and Saddlebacks; large pods of Gray Grampus (Risso's Dolphin) almost omnipresent along the shelf, including many very whitish and scarred older males; breaching Humpback Whales; Mako ...
Mackerel can reach speeds in excess of 32 kph, which is necessary for survival because they are pursued by some of the fastest creatures in the sea such as porbeagle and mako sharks, porpoises, bluefin tuna, swordfish and harbour seals.
 See also: Shark, White Shark, Eagle, Whale, Great White Shark
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