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Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810
Shortfin mako
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- Isurus oxyrinchus
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Brazil country information
Common names:
Anequim, Cação-anequim, Cação-atum
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from St. Paul's Rocks where it is rarely seen (Ref. 13067). Collected in the vicinity of Rio Grande Plateau (Ref. 59152). Also Ref. 247, 13121, 43278.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mincarone, M.M., R.A. Bernardes and F.V. Peppes, 2007
National Database:
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from St. Paul's Rocks where it is rarely seen (Ref. 13067). Collected in the vicinity of Rio Grande Plateau (Ref. 59152). Also Ref. 247, 13121, 43278.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mincarone, M.M., R.A. Bernardes and F.V. Peppes, 2007
National Database:
Common names from other countries
Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Elasmobranchi (squali e razze) (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) > Lamnidae (Mackerel sharks or white shark)
Etymology: Isurus: isos (Gr.), equal; oura (Gr.), tail, referring to caudal-fin lobes of I. oxyrinchus being equal in length (except that they are not; the upper is clearly longer) (See ETYFish); oxyrinchus: oxys (Gr.), sharp or pointed; rynchus (L.), snout, referring to its pointed snout (See ETYFish).
More on author: Rafinesque.
Etymology: Isurus: isos (Gr.), equal; oura (Gr.), tail, referring to caudal-fin lobes of I. oxyrinchus being equal in length (except that they are not; the upper is clearly longer) (See ETYFish); oxyrinchus: oxys (Gr.), sharp or pointed; rynchus (L.), snout, referring to its pointed snout (See ETYFish).
More on author: Rafinesque.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia
marino; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 888 m (Ref. 106604), usually 100 - 150 m (Ref. 36731). Subtropical; 16°C - ? (Ref. 9988); 65°N - 54°S, 180°W - 180°E