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RFE Link | FDA - SL Market Name FDA - SL Common Name FDA - SL Scientific Name RFE 2 Letter Code RFE 8 Letter Code | FDA - SL Vernacular Names | AFS Common Name AFS Scientific Name AFS Other Names AFS Synonyms | FAO Scientific Name FAO Species Code FAO Common Name English FAO Common Name French FAO Common Name Spanish | FAO Synonyms |
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Shortfin Mako Shark | FDA-SL Market Name: Shark, Mako FDA-SL Common Name: Shortfin Mako Shark FDA-SL Sci. Name: Isurus oxyrinchus FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: sn FDA RFE 8 Letter code: isuroxyr | Vernac. 1) Blue Pointer Vernac. 2) Bonito Shark Vernac. 3) Atlantic Mako Shark Vernac. 4) Pacific Mako Shark | AFS Common Name: Shortfin Mako AFS Sci. Name: Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: N.A. | FAO Sci. Name: Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1809 FAO Species Code: LAMN Isur 1 FAO Common English: Shortfin mako FAO Common French: Taupe beu FAO Common Spanish: Marrajo dientuso | FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1809; Caratt.gen.sp.anim.pinat.Sicilia, Palermo, pt. 1:12, pl. 12, fig. 1. Holotype: Unknown. Type Locality: Sicily, Mediterranean Sea. Other Scientific Names Recently in Use: Isurus glaucus (Muller & Henle, 1839). FAO Synonyms: Isurus spallanzanii Rafinesque, 1810; Squalus (Lamna) cepedii Lesson, 1830; Lamna oxyrhina Cuvier & Valenciennes, in Agassiz, 1838; Oxyrhina gomphodon Müller & Henle, 1839; Oxyrhina glauca Müller & Henle, 1839; Lamna punctata Dekey, 1842 (not L. punctata Storer, 1839, = L. nasus); ? Lamna latro Owen, 1853; Isuropsis dekayi Gill, 1862 (not Oxyrhina daekayi Gill, 1862 = L. nasus); Carcharias tigris Atwood, 1865; Lamna guentheri Murray, 1884; Lamna huidobrii Philippi, 1887; Isurus mako Whitley, 1929; Isurus bideni Phillipps, 1932; Isurus tigris africanus Smith, 1957. |
Thumbnail | Seafood List (Common, Genus/Species, Market) | Occurence (AFS) | Occurence (FAO) |
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Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus Shark, Mako | A-P | Western Atlantic: Gulf of Maine to southern Brazil and ? northern Argentina, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Eastern Atlantic: Norway, British Isles and Mediterranean to Ivory Coast, Ghana and S. Africa. Indo-West Pacific: S. Africa and Red Sea to Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, USSR (Primorsk Kray), Australia (Queensland, Tasmania, South and western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales), New Zealand, New Caledonia and Fiji. Central Pacific: From south of Aleutian Isles to Society Isles, incl. Hawaiian Isles. Eastern Pacific: southern California and exceptionally Washington to central Chile. |
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