Image: A Shortfin Mako Shark at the surface

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
Rights:
© Australian Museum
Common name:
Shortfin Mako
Scientific name:
Isurus oxyrinchus
Family:
Lamnidae

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Tags fish, ichthyology, shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, pelagic,