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Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810. Shortfin Mako. To 3.96 m (13 ft) TL (Compagno 2001). Circumglobal
in warm waters; British Columbia (Gillespie 1993) to Chile (Miller and Lea 1972) and Islas Galápagos
(Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Coastal and oceanic pelagic; surface to 500 m (1,640 ft) or more (min.:
Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: Ebert 2003).
Isurus paucus Guitart Manday, 1966. Longfin Mako. To 4.17 m (13.7 ft) TL (Ebert 2001). Circumglobal;
two records from southern California (Ebert 2001). Pelagic, at depths of 30–760 m (98–2,493 ft) (min.:
Ebert 2003; max.: Clark and Kristof 1990).
Lamna ditropis Hubbs & Follett, 1947. Salmon Shark. To 3.05 m (10 ft) TL (Compagno 1984). Korea and
Japan to Okhotsk and Bering seas and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to central Baja California
(Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Coastal and oceanic pelagic; surface to 792 m (2,598 ft; L. B. Hulbert,
pers. comm. to M. L.).
Order Carcharhiniformes
Family Scyliorhinidae — Cat Sharks
Apristurus brunneus (Gilbert, 1892). Brown Cat Shark. To 69 cm (27.2 in) TL (Ebert 2003). Icy Point (58°N),
southeastern Alaska (Wilson and Hughes 1978) to northern Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972),
and Panama (Compagno 1984) to Chile (Kong and Meléndez 1991). On bottom to well off bottom at
33–1,306 m (108–4,285 ft) (min.: Compagno 1984; max.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Apristurus kampae Taylor, 1972. Longnose Cat Shark. To 57 cm (22.4 in) TL (Ebert 2003). Cape Blanco,
Oregon (Ebert 2003) to Gulf of California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983), to central America and
probably northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997).
The individuals captured from the Galápagos may be an undescribed species (Grove and Lavenberg
1997). At 180–1,888 m (590–6,193 ft) (min.: Ebert 2003; max.: Compagno 1984).
Apristurus sp. An undescribed species has been collected off central California (Ebert 2003).
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Garman, 1880). Swell Shark. To 110 cm (43.3 in) TL (Ebert 2003). Monterey
Bay, central California to Acapulco, Mexico, including Gulf of California and Chile (Eschmeyer and
Herald 1983). At 5–457 m (15–1,500 ft; Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Cephalurus cephalus (Gilbert, 1892). Lollipop Cat Shark. To 29.8 cm (11.7 in) TL (Balart et al. 2000).
Southern Baja California, Gulf of California, and Panama (Compagno 1984) to Chile (Balart et al.
2000). At 155–927 m (508–3,041 ft; Compagno 1984). Cephalurus from Panama, Peru, and Chile differ
from the type specimens of C. cephalus in a number of characters and may represent one or more new
species (Compagno 1984).
Parmaturus xaniurus (Gilbert, 1892). Filetail Cat Shark. To 61 cm (24 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983),
also reported to 71 cm (28 in; RACE). Cape Foulweather, Oregon (44°07'N; RACE) to Baja California
and Gulf of California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). At depths of 88–1,250 m (290–4,100 ft) (min.:
Wilkins et al. 1998; max.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Family Triakidae — Hound Sharks
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758). Soupfin Shark or Tope. To about 2 m (6.5 ft) TL (Miller and Lea 1972,
Hart 1973). Temperate waters, nearly worldwide; northern British Columbia (Miller and Lea 1972)
to Gulf of California (Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995); Ecuador (Béarez 1996) to Chile (Miller
and Lea 1972). Coastal pelagic; surf zone to depth of 1,100 m (3,608 ft) (min.: Compagno 1984; max.:
Robertson and Allen 2002). The common name Soupfin Shark has consistently been used for this shark
on the West Coast, but the official AFS–ASIH name (Nelson et al. 2004) is Tope. Galeorhinus zyopterus
Jordan & Gilbert, 1883, is a junior synonym.
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