Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 92

Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 445 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic-oceanic

Depth range: 0-750 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: EN – Endangered (A2bd / 2019)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: cosmopolitan in temperate and tropical seas. Eastern Atlantic: known from Norway to South Africa, including the Mediterranean. Observed at the “Cailloux”, sportfishing (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).