#mackerel_shark fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks
supertype: shark any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
member of: family_Lamnidae
subtype: porbeagle__Lamna_nasus voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
subtype: mako_shark__mako powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific
subtype: shortfin_mako__Isurus_oxyrhincus very swift active bluish shark found worldwide in warm waters; important game fish
subtype: longfin_mako__longfinmako__Isurus_paucus similar to shortfin mako but darker blue
subtype: bonito_shark__blue_pointed__Isurus_glaucus common blue-gray shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish
subtype: great_white_shark__greatwhiteshark__white_shark__whiteshark__man-eater__maneater__man-eating_shark__Carcharodon_carcharias large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
subtype: basking_shark__baskingshark__Cetorhinus_maximus large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface
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