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Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

106Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
3Counties with records
EndangeredIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan91
Feb3
Mar1
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul4
Aug1
Sep0
Oct2
Nov2
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dumfries and Galloway Scotland3
2Highland Scotland1
3Scottish Borders Scotland1

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
106
Peak month
January
Counties with records
3
IUCN Red List
Endangered
Scientific name
Isurus oxyrinchus
Group
Fish
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – England, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Lamniformes
Family
Lamnidae
Genus
Isurus
Name with authority
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810
Described
1810

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q192158 · GBIF 5216248