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Lamnidae (mackerel sharks, porbeagles, and white sharks)

Synonyms: Carcharodontinae; Isuridae; Limnaea (pro parte)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lamnidae are the family of mackerel or white sharks. They are large, fast-swimming sharks, found in oceans worldwide. 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.
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Genus

Alopecias (1)
Carcharocles (2)
Carcharodon (Great white shark) (30)
Carcharoides (4)
Corax (1)
Cosmopolitodus (2)
Isurus (shortfin mako) (12)   (2)
Lamna (26)
Otodus (14)
Oxyprinichthys (2)
Parotodus (2)
Squalicorax (30)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0