Isurus oxyrinchus

Isurus oxyrinchus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamniformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Selachimorpha 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.
• FishBase link : species Isurus oxyrinchus (Mirror site)

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Ρυγχοκαρχαρίας
English: Shortfin mako shark
Español: Marrajo,Tiburón bonito
日本語: アオザメ
Português: Mako