Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Lamniformes > Lamnidae > Carcharodon > Carcharodon carcharias

Carcharodon carcharias (Maneater shark; White shark; White pointer; White death; Shark; Mango-taniwha; Mango-ururoa; Man-eater shark; Maneater; Man-eater; Man eater; Great white shark; Requin)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the great white, white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a species of large lamniform shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. The great white shark is notable for its size, with mature female individuals growing up to 6.1 m (20 ft) in length and 1,950 kg (4,300 lb) in weight. However most are smaller, males measuring 3.35 to 3.96 m (11 ft 0 in to 13 ft 0 in) and females 4.57 to 4.88 m (15 ft 0 in to 16 ft 0 in) on average. According to a 2014 study the lifespan of great white sharks is estimated to be as long as 70 years or more, well above older estimates, making it one of the longest lived cartilaginous fish currently known. According to the same study, male great white sharks tak
View Wikipedia Record: Carcharodon carcharias

Infraspecies

Squalus carcharias var. carcharias

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Carcharodon carcharias

Attributes

Litter Size [2]  6
Maximum Longevity [2]  50 years
Migration [3]  Oceanodromous
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Speed [4]  24.852 MPH (11.11 m/s)
Water Biome [1]  Coastal
Adult Weight [2]  2.061 tons (1,870.00 kg)
Diet [1]  Carnivore
Male Maturity [2]  9 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mascarenes Mauritius, France Afrotropic Oceanic Islands    

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

External References

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Citations

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♦ 3Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 4Wikipedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6Mirounga angustirostris, Brent S. Stewart and Harriet R. Huber, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 449, pp. 1-10 (1993)
♦ 7Phocoena phocoena, David E. Gaskin, Peter W. Arnold, and Barbara A. Blair, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 42, pp. 1-8 (1974)
♦ 8Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)
♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 10Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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