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Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
vs
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Shortfin mako shark
Isurus oxyrinchus
Sharks & rays · Endangered
4 clips name both of them
8,287 views between them.
Sharks outweigh Shortfin mako shark 19× — 5,366 kg against 278 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
278 kg
🦈 Shortfin mako shark · AnAge
Body length
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
2.7 m
🦈 Shortfin mako shark · FishBase
Maximum lifespan
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
25 yr
🦈 Shortfin mako shark · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Elasmobranchii (subclass), home to 1,595 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.