Shark, Mako

Details

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Scientific Name:
Isurus oxyrinchus
Fight Rating:
Very Hard Pointer
Description:

The shortfin mako body is conic-cylindrical and and extremely hydrodynamic. The snout is bluntly pointed with large black eyes. The caudal keel is prominent and the caudal fin is lunate. The tail has a high aspect ratio (ratio of height to length), which produces maximum thrust with minimum drag and provides almost all of the propulsion for the shark. The anteroventral zone of the snout is black. Color is brilliant metallic blue dorsally and white ventrally. The line of demarcation between blue and white on the body is distinct. The underside of the snout and the area around the mouth are white.The latter is important because is helps differentiate the shortfin from the longfin mako, which has a darkly pigmented mouth region.Color is related to size. Larger specimens tend to possess darker color that extends onto parts of the body that are white in smaller individuals. The juvenile mako differs in that it has a clear blackish stain on the tip of the snout.

Fishing Spots

390

Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean

Homestead, FL
United States United States
54 42 9 2
Locph_85295491_locid108921

Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean

Southport, NC
United States United States
8 44 3 10
Locph_813251905_locid108599

Atlantic Ocean Ocean

Charleston, SC
United States United States
21 80 11 4
Locph_2021822549_locid108577

Atlantic Ocean Ocean

Stuart, FL
United States United States
Locph_119447325_locid108316

Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean

Beach Haven, NJ
United States United States
Locph_1026416815_locid107800

Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean

Georgetown, SC
United States United States
8 89 1 4
Locph_1907265146_locid103658

Atlantic Ocean (DE) Atlantic Ocean

Bethany Beach, DE
United States United States
4 14 5 15 2
Locph_1840517938_locid103103

Atlantic Ocean (FL) Atlantic Ocean

Islamorada, FL
United States United States
Locph_1449028830_locid103104

Atlantic Ocean (FL) Atlantic Ocean

Miami, FL
United States United States
Locph_756389257_locid103105

Atlantic Ocean (FL) Atlantic Ocean

Fort Lauderdale, FL
United States United States
Locph_16824330_locid103657

Atlantic Ocean (MD) Atlantic Ocean

Ocean City, MD
United States United States
14 56 1 11 8
Locph_132386866_locid103866

Atlantic Ocean (NY) Atlantic Ocean

Montauk, NY
United States United States
10 59 7 6
Locph_1066540132_locid103764

Atlantic Ocean (RI) Atlantic Ocean

Newport, RI
United States United States
39 6 16 12
Locph_654647353_locid107672

Bass Strait Channel (Saltwater)

Melbourne, VIC
Australia Australia
6 1 4
Locph_1169745767_locid103761

Block Island Sound Sound (Saltwater)

Block Island, RI
United States United States
133 46 1 38 8
Locph_2061869283_locid103549

Chincoteague Bay Bay (Saltwater)

Snow Hill, MD
United States United States
48 7 6
Locph_832693732_locid103917

Conscience Bay Bay (Saltwater)

Port Jefferson, NY
United States United States
20 1 6
Locph_1932522173_locid103702

Great Sound Sound (Saltwater)

Stone Harbor, NJ
United States United States
45 10 6
Locph_1996585354_locid109161

Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico

Islamorada, FL
United States United States
22 70 2 8 8
Locph_1586251957_locid103101

Gulf of Mexico (FL) Gulf of Mexico

Big Pine Key, FL
United States United States
4 98 2 10 4
Locph_1759758335_locid103100

Gulf of Mexico (FL) Gulf of Mexico

Marathon, FL
United States United States
19 88 2 9 4
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Haulover Inlet Inlet (Saltwater)

Miami Beach, FL
United States United States
2 19 5 8
Locph_1174843365_locid108491

Indian Ocean Indian Ocean

Tamarin, Black River
Mauritius Mauritius
1 26 3 2
Locph_1001280761_locid108318

Long Beach Island Island (Saltwater)

Ship Bottom, NJ
United States United States
6 49 3 4
Locph_1366162364_locid108564

Marthas Vineyard Atlantic Ocean

Marthas Vineyard, MA
United States United States
18 20 7 6
Locph_802677063_locid102885

Nantucket Atlantic Ocean

Nantucket, MA
United States United States
Locph_2092571222_locid102926

Nasketucket Bay Bay (Saltwater)

Fairhaven, MA
United States United States
20 5 3 6
Locph_1110589194_locid108301

North Atlantic Ocean Ocean

Algarve, Faro
Portugal Portugal
2 12 3 4
Locph_1096169518_locid108258

North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean

Andros Town, Andros
Bahamas Bahamas
2 14 1 4
08palmillagrouper

North Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean

San Jose del Cabo, BCS
Mexico Mexico

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