Mackerel sharks are thought to have been around for some 120 million years.

All species of mackerel shark give birth to live young.

The following habitats are found across the Mackerel sharks distribution range.

They are commonly referred to as the mackerel sharks.

Mackerel sharks may also refer specifically to the family Lamnidae.

However, tuna and mackerel sharks are warm-blooded: they can regulate their body temperature.

It had anatomical features similar to the current mackerel sharks of the family Lamnidae.

Mitsukurina is a genus of mackerel shark in the family Mitsukurinidae.

This species is thought to be ovoviviparous with oophagous embryos like other mackerel sharks.

Reproduction is probably viviparous with oophagous embryos like in other mackerel shark species.

Like other mackerel sharks, common threshers are aplacental viviparous.

The mackerel sharks (Lamnidae family) have a similar homologous structure to this which is more extensively developed.

The upper and lower lobes on the tail fin are approximately the same size which is similar to some mackerel sharks.

Isurus is a genus of fast-swimming mackerel sharks, better known as the mako shark.

It is the only member of the family Cetorhinidae, part of the mackerel shark order Lamniformes.

Mackerel shark - several species

Lamnidae is a family of sharks, commonly known as mackerel sharks or white sharks.

Mackerel sharks boast among their numbers both the harmless filter feeders and a few very fearsome predators.

Intrauterine cannibalism is common in the viviparous shark order Lamniformes (commonly known as mackerel sharks).

No pregnant smalltooth sand tigers have ever been found; this species is presumed to be ovoviviparous as in other mackerel sharks.

Unlike in mackerel sharks, the eggs consumed by the embryos are large and shelled rather than small and undeveloped.

Lamniformes - mackerel sharks

Along with all other mackerel sharks, the pelagic thresher exhibits ovoviviparity and usually gives birth to litters of two.

Lamniformes is an order of sharks commonly known as mackerel sharks (which may also refer specifically to the family Lamnidae).

Sharp-nose mackerel shark - Isurus oxyrinchus

Sharp-nose mackerel shark - Isurus oxyrinchus

Shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, the more common mako

ARKive - images and movies of the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)

Isurus oxyrinchus (shortfin mako)

In 2010, Greenpeace International added the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) to its seafood red list.

These are the common shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) and the rare longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus).

In 1809, Constantine Rafinesque first described shortfin mako and coined the name Isurus oxyrinchus (Isurus means "the same tail", oxyrinchus means "pointy snout").

Quantification of red myotomal muscle volume and geometry in the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) and the salmon shark (Lamna ditropis), using T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.

Shortfin mako shark, (Isurus oxyrinchus),Red List Assessment: Vulnerable Photo: JEREMY STAFFORD-DEITSCH

In 2010, Greenpeace International added the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus or mackerel shark) to its seafood red list, "a list of fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries."