Common name of Isurus oxyrinchus
 
Common name Mako
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country New Zealand
Locality
Ref. Cox, G. and M. Francis, 1997
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
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Remarks This shark was well known to early Maori, who gave it the name by which it is now known worldwide (Ref. 26346). They caught it by lasso from their canoes, and prized the teeth as ornaments (Ref. 26346). Name also cited in Ref. 5755.
 
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