WoRMS taxon details
Isurus paucus Guitart, 1966
105840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105840)
accepted
Species
Isurus alatus Garrick, 1967 · unaccepted
Lamiostoma belyaevi Glückman, 1964 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Guitart Manday, D. J. (1966). Nuevo nombre para una especie de Tiburón del género Isurus (Elasmobranchii: Isuridae) de aguas Cubanas. <em>Poeyana, Series A, Instituto de Biologia.</em> No. 15: 1-9. [details]
Description Presumably feeds on schooling fishes and pelagic cephalopods. Ovoviviparous, with uterine cannibalism, with litter of two...
Distribution Gulf Stream and Florida to southern Brazil
Description Presumably feeds on schooling fishes and pelagic cephalopods. Ovoviviparous, with uterine cannibalism, with litter of two young. Potentially dangerous because of its large size and big teeth. Utilized fresh, frozen, nd dried/salted for human consumption. [details]
Distribution Gulf Stream and Florida to southern Brazil
Distribution Gulf Stream and Florida to southern Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Isurus paucus Guitart, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105840 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Guitart Manday, D. J. (1966). Nuevo nombre para una especie de Tiburón del género Isurus (Elasmobranchii: Isuridae) de aguas Cubanas. <em>Poeyana, Series A, Instituto de Biologia.</em> No. 15: 1-9. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Presumably feeds on schooling fishes and pelagic cephalopods. Ovoviviparous, with uterine cannibalism, with litter of two young. Potentially dangerous because of its large size and big teeth. Utilized fresh, frozen, nd dried/salted for human consumption. [details]Diet Feeds on schooling fishes and pelagic cephalopods [details]
Distribution Gulf Stream and Florida to southern Brazil [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- minor commercial fishery [details]
Reproduction oceanic species that probably approaches land to give birth [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | langvinmakreelhaai | [details] |
| English | longfish makolongfinned mako sharklongfin mako | [details] |
| French | taupe longue ailepetite taupepetit taupe | [details] |
| German | Langflossen-Mako | [details] |
| Japanese | バケアオザメbake-aozame | [details] |
| Lithuanian | ilgapelekis pilkšvasis ryklys | [details] |
| Polish | ostronos długopłetwy | [details] |
| Portuguese | marrajo negro | [details] |
| Russian | длинноплавниковый мако | [details] |
| Spanish | marrajo negromarrajo caritemako aletóndientuso prieto | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Акула-мако довгоплавцеваАкула сіро-блакитна довгоплавцева | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (67 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Isurus alatus Garrick, 1967)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lamiostoma belyaevi Glückman, 1964)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Isurus paucus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Isurus alatus Garrick, 1967)
To FishBase (from synonym Lamiostoma belyaevi Glückman, 1964)
To FishBase images (Isurus paucus, by Montealegre-Quijano, S.)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 82 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Isurus alatus RAD109861-001) (from synonym Isurus alatus Garrick, 1967)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Isurus alatus Garrick, 1967)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lamiostoma belyaevi Glückman, 1964)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Isurus paucus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Isurus alatus Garrick, 1967)
To FishBase (from synonym Lamiostoma belyaevi Glückman, 1964)
To FishBase images (Isurus paucus, by Montealegre-Quijano, S.)
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 82 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Isurus alatus RAD109861-001) (from synonym Isurus alatus Garrick, 1967)
To PESI
To ITIS
