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Great white shark. The great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. It is the only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon.
The Lamnidae are the family of mackerel sharks known as white sharks. [2] They are large, fast-swimming predatory fish found in oceans worldwide, though prefer environments with colder water. The name of the family is formed from the Greek word lamna, which means "fish of prey", and was derived from the Greek legendary creature, the Lamia.
Hannibal & Jordan in Jordan, 1923. Life restoration of O. obliquus. Otodus is an extinct, cosmopolitan genus of mackerel shark which lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch. The name Otodus comes from Ancient Greek ὠτ- ( ōt-, meaning "ear") and ὀδούς ( odoús, meaning "tooth") – thus, "ear-shaped tooth".
Great whites today reach up to 6 meters (20 feet) in length. There are modern shell-crushing species, the largest being the Zebra shark, which reaches a maximum length of a little over 3.5 meters ...
The Lamniformes ( / ˈlæmnɪfɔːrmiːz /, from Greek lamna "fish of prey") are an order of sharks commonly known as mackerel sharks (which may also refer specifically to the family Lamnidae ). It includes some of the most familiar species of sharks, such as the great white, [1] as well as more unusual representatives, such as the goblin shark ...
Keji was tagged by OCEARCH near Ironbound Island Nova Scotia on Sept. 22, 2021. At the time, the male juvenile white shark measured 9 feet 7 inches and weighed in at 578 pounds. Great white sharks ...
Call it a real life Jaws situation — but with a much happier ending. Father and son Frank and Mike Pitten were summering in Scituate, Massachusetts when a great white shark swam under their boat ...
Carcharodon (meaning "jagged/sharp tooth") [ 1] is a genus of sharks within the family Lamnidae, colloquially called the "white sharks." The only extant member is the great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ). The extant species was preceded by a number of fossil ( extinct) species including C. hubbelli and C. hastalis.[ 2]