Isurus paucus Guitart 1966
Description
Isurus paucus Guitart, 1966
Longfin Mako Shark
Isurus paucus Guitart, 1966: 3, figs. 1, 2A, 3A, 3C. Syntypes: possibly in the Instituto de Biologia or Instituto de Oceanologia, Cuba, collected in the Caribbean near Cuba. No type known according to Compagno (2001). Type locality: unknown.
Local synonymy: (?) Isurus paucus: Compagno, 1999: 118; Compagno, 2001: 115, fig. 75; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 71; Compagno et al., 2005: 183, fig., pl. 30; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 231, fig., pl. 28; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 51, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145; Compagno, 2016: 1249.
South Africa voucher material: Jaws from the personal collection of a fisher from the south coast (WC) examined by D.A. Ebert and L.J. V. Compagno (unpubl. data) is the only material.
South African distribution:? Cape Agulhas (WC).
Remarks: Although there are no confirmed records, this species is provisionally included as occurring in South African waters based on a set of jaws examined by D.A. Ebert and L.J.V. Compagno (unpubl. data) from a large mako shark caught off Cape Agulhas by a commercial fisher. A poorly known and uncommon species, it is frequently misidentified as I. oxyrinchus. This species is of little commercial value as the flesh is soft and of poor quality.
Conservation status: EN (2019).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Lamnidae
- Genus
- Isurus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Guitart
- Species
- paucus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Isurus paucus Guitart, 1966 sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Guitart, D. J. (1966) Nuevo nombre para una especie de Tiburon del genero Isurus (Elasmobranchii, Isuridae) de aguas Cubanas. Poeyana, Series A, Instituto de Biologia, 15, 1 - 9.
- Compagno, L. J. V. (2001) Sharks of the World, an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. Volume 2. Bullhead, Mackerel and Carpet Sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO, Rome, 269 pp.
- Compagno, L. J. V. (1999) An overview of chondrichthyan systematics and biodiversity in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54, 75 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359199909520406
- Heemstra, P. C. & Heemstra, E. (2004) Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa. National Inquiry Service Centre and South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, 488 pp.
- Compagno, L., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. (2005) Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, London, 368 pp.
- Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. & Compagno, L. J. V. (2013) Sharks of the World: A Fully Illustrated Guide to the Sharks of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, 528 pp.
- Ebert, D. A. & Dando, M. (2014) On Board Guide for the Identification of Pelagic Sharks and Rays of the Western Indian Ocean. SmartFish Programme, FAO, Rome & Indian Ocean Commission, Port Louis, 109 pp.
- Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the " Lost Sharks " of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730
- Compagno, L. J. V. (2016) Sharks. In: Carpenter, K. E. & De Angelis, N. (Eds.), The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bivalves, Gastropods, Hagfishes, Sharks, Batoid Fishes, and Chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, pp. 1122 - 1336.