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Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810

105839  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105839)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 12 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Lectotype  (of Oxyrhina glauca Müller & Henle, 1839)...   Type locality contained in Sicily  
type locality contained in Sicily [details]
Note Type species of genus. Genus Isurus in...  
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Type species Type species of genus. Genus Isurus in separate family Isuridae in <143> [details]
Description An aggressive and dangerous shark with fearsome-looking jaws. Found from the surface to at least 152 m. One of the most...  
Description An aggressive and dangerous shark with fearsome-looking jaws. Found from the surface to at least 152 m. One of the most active species; when hooked on a fishing line may leap out of the water and has been reported to attack boats. Believed to be the fastest swimming shark (Ref. 9988). Found in coastal and oceanic waters. Prefers temperatures above 16°C (Ref. 9988). Feeds on schools of fish, small sharks, and swordfish (Ref. 5213). Utilized fresh, dried/salted, smoked and frozen; eaten broiled and baked (Ref. 9988). Valued for its fine quality meat as well as its fins and skin. Jaws and teeth are also sold as ornaments and trophies (Ref. 9988). [details]

Distribution Gulf of Maine to southern Brazil  
Distribution Gulf of Maine to southern Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105839 on 2024-10-10
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original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 12 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Carcharias tigris Atwood, 1869) Atwood, N. E. (1869). Description of a shark, Carcharias tigris Atwood. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 12 (1868-1869): 268-269. [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]   

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   

additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]   

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description An aggressive and dangerous shark with fearsome-looking jaws. Found from the surface to at least 152 m. One of the most active species; when hooked on a fishing line may leap out of the water and has been reported to attack boats. Believed to be the fastest swimming shark (Ref. 9988). Found in coastal and oceanic waters. Prefers temperatures above 16°C (Ref. 9988). Feeds on schools of fish, small sharks, and swordfish (Ref. 5213). Utilized fresh, dried/salted, smoked and frozen; eaten broiled and baked (Ref. 9988). Valued for its fine quality meat as well as its fins and skin. Jaws and teeth are also sold as ornaments and trophies (Ref. 9988). [details]

Diet Feeds on fishes, including mackerels, tunas, and swordfish  [details]

Distribution Gulf of Maine to southern Brazil [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Usually found in surface waters, down to about 150m. [details]

Importance Social - Commercial, flesh is eaten by humans, gamefish  [details]

Type species Type species of genus. Genus Isurus in separate family Isuridae in <143> [details]
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Afrikaans moromambone  [details]
Albanian peshkaqen turishkurtërpeshkaqen tonil  [details]
Catalan solraig  [details]
Danish makrelhaj  [details]
Dutch spitsneushaaimakreelhaaikortvinmakreelhaaikortvin makreelhaai  [details]
English snapper sharkshortfin makoshort finned mako sharksharp-nosed mackerel sharksharpnose makosharp nosedporpoise sharkPacific mako sharkPacific bonito sharkMediterranean mackerel sharkmako sharkmakomackerel sharkmackerel porbeaglebonito sharkblue sharkblue porpoise sharkblue pointerAtlantic mako shark  [details]
French taupe bleuetaupe bleumako à nageoires courtes  [details]
German MakrelenhaiKurzflossen-Mako  [details]
Hebrew עמלץ כחול  [details]
Italian squalo makopiscicanipisci tunnuossirina dello spallanzanimeantocani di maricane di mare di Messinacagnia  [details]
Japanese アオザメmorozameawozameaozame  [details]
Lithuanian atlantinis pilkšvasis ryklys  [details]
Maori mako  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) ΡυγχοκαρχαρίαςΟξύρρυγχος καρχαρίας  [details]
Norwegian makrellhai  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål makrellhai  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk makrellhai  [details]
Polish rekin ostronosyostronos atlantycki  [details]
Portuguese rinquimmarrajo criollomarrachoanequin barbatana curtaanequin  [details]
Russian чёрнорылая акуласеро-голубая акуламакрелевая акулаКороткоперый макоакула мако  [details]
Spanish tiburónsobratgmarraquetmarrajo dientusomarrajomakoludia marracodientuso azuldentudoalecrín  [details]
Swedish makrillhaj  [details]
Tamil ganumu sorrah  [details]
Turkish mako kopekbaligidikburun canavar  [details]
Ukrainian сіро-блакитна акулаАкула-макоАкула сіро-блакитна  [details]
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