Scientific Name	Isurus paucus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Guitart Manday, 1966	Depth	0 - 500M
Chinese	長臂鯖鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F022　Lamnidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	長臂鯖鯊
Max Length	417 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	馬加鯊、煙仔沙、長臂灰鯖鮫
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North、North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Cuba, Western Atlantic
Synonyms	Isurus alatus, Isurus oxyrinchus, Lamiostoma belyaevi
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-圓口綱及軟骨魚綱(朱等, 2001)；FAO Species Catalogue, Vol.4 Sharks of the world  Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Caira, J.N., G.W. Benz, J. Borucinska, etc. 1997 朱元鼎, 孟慶聞 等編 2001
Specimen List
Common Name	Longfin mako
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body slender, spindle-shaped. Snout bluntly conical. Teeth bladelike and without cusplets or serrations, cusps of 1st upper anterior teeth with complete cutting edges. Tips of anterior teeth not reflexed, cusps broader and less oblique. Pectoral fins very long and broad-tipped, its length longer then head. First dorsal fin with light free rear tip, second dorsal and anal fins possess pivoting bases. Caudal peduncle with strong lateral keels. Short secondary keels present on caudal base. Underside of snout at least partly dusky.
habitats	An uncommonly, little-known epipelagic, tropical and warm-temperate shark. Ovoviviparous. Size at birth estimated to be about 90-100 cm. litter size 2. Maximum total length reported 417 cm.
Distribution	Western North Atlantic including Florida, Gulf Stream off eastern USA, Cuba. Eastern North Atlantic including Guinea, Ghana. Western Indian Ocean in Madagascar, Central Pacific near Phoenix Island and north of Hawaiian Islands. Western North Pacific inclu
Utility	Usually taken with longline fisheries. It is utilized fresh, frozen and dried-salted for human consumption.