Kingdom: Lamnidae

Phylum: Phylum

Class: Cartilaginous

Family: Mackerel

Order: Mackerel

Genus: Isurus

Species: Shortfin Mako Shark

Subspecies: Shortfin Mako, (Isurus Oxysinchus), Longfin Mako (Isurus Paucus)

Existence: Been around for over 60 million years ago

Closest Living Relative: Great White Sharks as well as the cold water Porbeable and Salmon Sharks

3 Ancestors:

• White Shark

• Atlantic Common Thresher Shark

• Pacific Common Thresher Shark

Rainfall: Mako sharks live in the open ocean, rainfall has minimal impact on their habitat. They are found in both temperate and tropical waters, where ocial conditions can range from calm to stormy, independent of terrestrial rainfall

Plants: Mako shark's environment is primarily open ocean, so it does not interact with plants. However, areas with rich marine ecosystems, such as kelp forests or seagrass beds, support prey species it may hunt

Animals: Coexists with a variety of marine animals, including tuna, swordfish, squid, and smaller sharks, which are often itrs prey. Other marine predators like orcas and larger sharks may compete wiht or occasionally prey ipon young mako sharks

Temperature: 16 C to 22 C though they are capable of tolorating coder waters

Terrain: Open ocean with depths ranging from 1,640 to 19,70 feet but can ocasionally be found near coastal waters during feeding

Continents Found: Mako sharks are found in tropical and temperate oceans woldwide, including the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and around continets like North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia

Invasive: Not considered invasive, they are native to their widespread global range

What Does It Eat? Primarily feed on bony fish such as tuna, mackerel, and herring, as well as cephalopods like squid. They occasionally also eat smaller sharks and other things.

How Often? They eat as often as necessary to sustain energy level, typically consuming prey every few days. Their fast metabolism required them to eat frequently, especially when chasing high energy prey like tuna

How Does It Get Its Food? They are opportunistic and fast hunters, using their speed and agiligy to chase down prey. they have sharp, surrated teeth designed to grasp slippery prey and tear trhough flesh

Special Foods? Squid is a favored food source for young mako sharks, while larger adults tend to focus on fast swimming fish like tuna and swordfish

Live in packs or solo: Primarily solotary creatures, though they may occasionally be found in pairs or small groups, especially in areas with abundant food sources

Roles withing the community: No defined hierarchy or social roles among Mako sharks due to their largy solitary nature

Male or female led groups: Groups are uncommon, but when they occur, there is no ecidence to suggest a leader baesd on sex

Induviduals that make up a group: Temporarily consist of individuals of similar size and age, likely gathering opportunistically for feeding

How do they interact with each other: Minimal, except during mating or when competing for prey

How often do they mate: Mako sharks reproduce evert 2-3 years due to the energy demands of gestation

How many mates do they have: both male and females may mate with multiple partners

Time of Year: Typically occurs during spreing or summer, depending on the region

Mating rituals: males biting the female to hold her in position, leading scars often seen on females

Number of offspring produces at time: 4-25 pups per litter

Unique characteristics of their mating: Mako sharks are ovoviviparus, meaning embryos develop inside eggs withing the mothers body, feeding on unfertelized eggs for nourishment

Stages of development: Mako sharks develop in three stages which are embryo, juvenile, and adult

How old before sexual maturity: Males at 7-9 years, while females at 18-21

Activities and environment of stages:

• Embryo: Develops inside the mother, nourished through oophagy

• Juvenile: Stays in shallower waters, learning to hunt smaller prey

• Adult: Moves to open waters, preying on larger fish and squid

Difference between males and females: Females are generally larger and have thicker skin to enfure male courtship bites. Males are smaller and reach maturity faster

Predation: Few predators, larger sharks and killer whales

Sexual Competition: 

Disease: Couldn't find any, only pararites that they have been caught with

Inter-Species:  White Sharks or larger sharks in general, and killer whales

Intra-Species: Shortfin and Longfin Mako Shark

What They Compete Over: Food sources

Affect of Invasive Species:  More food that they compete for meaning they have a larger risk of being killed by predators

Rating: Endangered

Population: 860,000 estimated in 2017

Population Trend: Declined due to overfishing

Impacts: Population decrease due to overfishing

Potential Future Impacts: Can be totally gone

How long have humans been interacting with this species: Since 1810 when they first discovered the first mako shark

Efforts to Minimize Impacts: Improve management measures, improving fishing gear for only other things and not mako sharks