Mako Shark. They are well-adapted and active pelagic open water sharks. Mako sharks are also known as blue pointers and bonitos People also refer to both shortfin and longfin mako sharks as just mako sharks.
Like their cousin the great white they keep their body temperature warmer than the surrounding water using a high. Mako Shark Diet. Guy Harvey and Guy Harvey Research Institute scientists continue their unprecedented work on the Shortfin Mako Shark off the coast of the Cancun MexicoIn t.
The Mako Shark also called Isurus in the scientific community is an incredible and extremely fast beast.
The shortfin mako Isurus oxyrinchus is most often encountered by anglers as it is more likely to move in-shore on occasion. Shortfin mako sharks are aggressive predators that feed near the top of the food web on marine fishes such as bluefish swordfish tuna marine mammals and other sharks. An average mako shark measures around 32 m in length. Both species are easily identified due to their strange and mean looking teeth.