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Mako Shark

Average size 2-3 m. Blue to blue grey above, bright white below. Like marlins is a streamlined, slender, swift swimmer of surface and near surface waters; sometimes enters shallow bays. Has habit of robbing set nets and lines. A prized gamefish, taken when trolling for marlin; also taken by foreign, tuna longliners. Sold as fillets in Japan.
Mako Shark
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