2.83 m
Typical representative
Uniformly scaled by snout-to-caudal-tip total length; the pose is not stretched to every descriptive dimension.
Adult Shortfin Mako Shark
An adult female Isurus oxyrinchus is shown at 2.825 m total length, the midpoint of the Florida Museum's single 2.75–2.90 m adult-female range. Australian Museum independently places female maturity near 2.8 m.
Dimensions
- Height
- 75 cm
- Length
- 2.83 m
Quick facts
- Selected total length
- 2.825 m
- Adult female range
- 2.75–2.90 m
- Scientific name
- Isurus oxyrinchus
- Maximum length
- about 4 m
Adult Shortfin Mako Shark · Size infographic
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Sources and measurement22 References
Dimensions were cross-checked against independent sources before publication.
Measurement basis
The selected total length is the midpoint of one published female range; contour height is not axis-fitted.