Because of their similar body shape and toothsome grins, the boat crew refers to these makos as "mini great whites".

Mako sharks are actually close relatives of great whites, being one of 17 living species in the same Order (Lamniformes, or mackerel sharks).

(Atlantic Ocean, offshore Rhode Island)

fish; shark; mackerel shark; shortfin mako shark; Chordata; Chondrichthyes; sC Elasmobranchii; supO Euselachii; Lamniformes; Lamnidae; Isurus oxyrinchus