Species: Carcharodon carcharias, Great White shark, White shark
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Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
White shark, Great white shark
Fusiform, robust body; snout conical, blunt, with nostrils on sides; mouth large, round; teeth few, sharp, triangular, serrated on top jaw; 5 large gill slits, all before pectoral fin; first dorsal fin large, triangular, origin over rear of base of pectoral fin; second dorsal fin very small; anal fin very small, origin under rear of base of second dorsal fin; tail almost symmetrical, half-moon shaped; tail base very depressed, with large keel that extends onto tail itself.
Back grey-brown, blue-grey, to blackish; abrupt changing to white/pale grey belly; eye black; underside of tips of fins black, usually a black spot where rear edge of fin joins body.
Size: reaches ~ 600 cm; at least 1554 kg. Max age >70 y
Habitat: coastal, inshore to oceanic.
Depth: 0-1280 m.
Circumglobal, cold-temperate to tropical; in the NW Atlantic from Newfoundland to the northern edge of our region.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Offshore
- In & Offshore
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Near Surface
- Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- Sea snakes/mammals/turtles/birds
- Sharks/rays
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Live birth
- No pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends North of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- IUCN Red List
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- Vulnerable
- Listed
- CITES
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- Listed
- Appendix II
- Length Max
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- 600
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 1280
