Isurus
| Isurus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Shortfin mako shairk (I. oxyrinchus) | |
| |
| Langfin mako shairk (I. paucus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subcless: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Faimily: | Lamnidae |
| Genus: | Isurus Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Teep species | |
| Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
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.
Species eedit
The genus conteens these species:[1]
- Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) (shortfin mako)[3]
- Isurus paucus (Guitart-Manday, 1966) (longfin mako)[4]
- †Isurus desori (Agassiz, 1843)
- †Isurus escheri Agassiz 1843
- †Isurus flandricus (Leriche, 1910)
- †Isurus hastalis Agassiz, 1843[5]
- †Isurus minutus (Agassiz, 1843)
- †Isurus nakaminatoensis (Saito, 1961)
- †Isurus oxyrhinchus Rafinesque 1810
- †Isurus planus (Agassiz, 1856)
- †Isurus praecursor (Leriche, 1905)
- †Isurus rameshi (Mehrotra, Mishra & Srivastava, 1973)
- †Isurus spallanzani Rafinesque 1810
See an aw eedit
References eedit
- ↑ a b c "Fossilworks". Archived frae the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium o fossil marine ainimal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived frae the original on 10 Mey 2012.
- ↑ Smith, J.L.B. Sharks of the Genus Isurus Rafinesque, 1810. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 6. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- ↑ Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982 ISBN 0-00-216987-8
- ↑ "Isurus hastalis on Fossilworks". Archived frae the original on 29 Juin 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2016.