Isurus oxyrinchus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Lamniformes

Familia: Lamnidae
Genus: Isurus
Species: Isurus oxyrinchus

Name

Isurus oxyrinchus, Rafinesque, 1810: 12, Pl. 13 (fig. 1)

Type locality: [Sicilia] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea.

Holotype: No types known.

Synonyms

Isurus tigris africanus Smith, 1957: 96, Pl. 1 (fig. 1)
Isurus bideni Phillipps, 1932: 227, Fig. 2
Squalus (Lamna) cepedii Lesson, 1831: 93
Isuropsis dekayi Gill, 1862: 409
Oxyrhina glauca Müller & Henle, 1839: 69, [Pl. 29]
Oxyrhina gomphodon Müller & Henle, 1839: 68, [Pl. 28]
Lamna guentheri Murray, 1884: 349
Lamna huidobrii Philippi, 1887: 548 [16], Pl. 3 (fig. 1)
Lamna latro Owen, 1853: 96
Isurus mako Whitley, 1929: 101
Lamna oxyrhina Cuvier & Valenciennes in Agassiz, 1835: 71
Isurus spallanzani Rafinesque, 1810: 45, 60
Carcharias tigris Atwood, 1869: 268

References

Rafinesque, C.S. 1810: Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. (Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69, Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105.)
Castro, J.I. 2011: The Sharks of North America. Oxford University Press. xiii + 1-613.
Kabasakal, H. & A. De Madalena, 2011: A huge shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae) from the waters of Marmaris, Turkey., Annales, Series Historia Naturalis. 21: 21–24.
Isurus oxyrinchus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Makrelenhai
Ελληνικά: Ρυγχοκαρχαρίας
English: Shortfin Mako Shark
español: Marrajo
français: Mako à nageoires courtes
日本語: アオザメ
português: Marracgho
中文（简体）: 灰鲭鲨
中文（繁體）: 灰鯖鯊