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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.
Shark Anatomy (50693674756) The gill slits of a whale shark flaring as it expels water from its pharyngeal cavity. In the shark anatomy image, it depicts the beginning half of the shark, including the gills. The shark gills are especially important and were evolved from the chordate pharyngeal gill slits synapomorphy.
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 they 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 .
Lamniformes. 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 less familiar ones, such as the goblin shark ...
A great white shark at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sharks: Sharks (superorder Selachimorpha) are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 440 million years ago, before the time of the dinosaurs.
Breton, a great white shark cruising the Florida coast, is 13 feet long and weighs nearly 1,500 pounds. No joke: 1,400-pound great white shark pings off Florida. His 'path' resembles shark drawing
A massive great white shark, known to be somewhat of an "artist," paid a rare summer visit off the Palm Beach County coast − just one day after Discovery Channel's 'Shark Week' ended. The 13 ...
A white shark, tracked by the research group OCEARCH, pinged off the Treasure Coast for the second time in less than a week.. After surfacing off Vero Beach on Jan. 17, the 9-foot 6-inch male ...