Image: A Shortfin Mako Shark at the surface

A Shortfin Mako Shark at the surface, 12 km off La Jolla, California, USA, August 2005.

Photographer:

Nick Wegner

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© Nick Wegner

Last Updated: 17 May 2013

Tags fish, ichthyology, shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, pelagic, Blue Pointer, Mackerel Shark, Mako, Mako Shark, Snapper Shark, blue, pointed snout, long teeth, smooth teeth, temperate water, tropical water, adult,