Shortfin Mako Isurus oxyrinchus

Classification

Lamnidae [family]

Isurus [genus] (2)

Lamnidae [family]

Isurus [genus] (2)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Curaçao

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao

Notes on presence status	Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean islands by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

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Buurt, G. van 1979. Voorlopige lijst van pelagisch voorkomende vissoorten rond Curaçao en Bonaire. Agrinoticia, Piská 1. [link]
MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
Anderson, C.L., Tassell, J.L. van, Brown, B., Robertson, D.R., Piontek, S., Hoetjes, P.C., Sparks, J.S., Kramer, A. & Buurt, G. van 2006. Preliminary list of fishes from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute expedition to Curaçao with comparison to previously formulated lists. [link]