Isurus is a genus o mackerel shairks in the faimily Lamnidae, commonly kent as the mako shairks.
The twa livin species are the common shortfin mako shairk (I. oxyrinchus) an the rare langfin mako shairk (I. paucus). They range in lenth frae 2.5 tae 4.5 m (8.2 tae 14.8 ft), an hae a approximate maximum wicht o 800 kg (1,800 lb).
Several extinct species are kent frae fossils foond in sediments frae Cretaceous tae Quaternary (age range: 99.7 tae 0.781 million years ago).[1]
The faimily Lamnidae includes the great white shairk an the porbeagle an aw. Mako shairks are capable o soummin at speeds up tae 60 km/h (37 mph), an jumpin up tae 7 m (23 ft) intae the air. The great white shairk is closely relatit tae a auncient mako shairk an aw, Isurus hastalis.
The genus conteens these species:[1]
Isurus is a genus o mackerel shairks in the faimily Lamnidae, commonly kent as the mako shairks.
The twa livin species are the common shortfin mako shairk (I. oxyrinchus) an the rare langfin mako shairk (I. paucus). They range in lenth frae 2.5 tae 4.5 m (8.2 tae 14.8 ft), an hae a approximate maximum wicht o 800 kg (1,800 lb).
Several extinct species are kent frae fossils foond in sediments frae Cretaceous tae Quaternary (age range: 99.7 tae 0.781 million years ago).
The faimily Lamnidae includes the great white shairk an the porbeagle an aw. Mako shairks are capable o soummin at speeds up tae 60 km/h (37 mph), an jumpin up tae 7 m (23 ft) intae the air. The great white shairk is closely relatit tae a auncient mako shairk an aw, Isurus hastalis.
