Scientific Name: Isurus oxyrinchus

• Acceptable Market Name(s): Shark, Mako
• Common Name(s): Shortfin Mako Shark
• Scientific Name: Isurus oxyrinchus
• ITIS TSN (see note below): TSN 159924
• Vernacular Name(s) (See note below.*) : Blue Pointer; Bonito Shark; Atlantic Mako Shark; Pacific Mako Shark

* Note: The Vernacular Name(s) (if any listed above) are for CROSS REFERENCE ONLY, and generally not acceptable
for product labeling in interstate commerce. Their use may result in seafood misbranding.

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