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WoRMS taxon details
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 105838
AphiaID: 105838
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Lamniformes (Order) > Lamnidae (Family) > Carcharodon (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of | Carcharodon Smith, 1838 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Carcharodon Smith, 1838 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Carcharias atwoodi Storer, 1848 Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810 Carcharias maso Morris, 1898 Carcharias rondeletti Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1829 Carcharias verus Cloquet, 1817 Carcharias vorax Owen, 1853 Carcharias vulgaris (Richardson, 1836) Carcharodon albimors Whitley, 1939 Carcharodon capensis Smith, 1839 Carcharodon rondeletii Müller & Henle, 1839 Carcharodon smithi Bonaparte, 1838 Carcharodon smithii Agassiz, 1838 Squalus carcharias Linnaeus, 1758 Squalus lamia Blainville, 1816 Squalus lamia Blainville, 1825 Squalus vulgaris Richardson, 1836 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces - Chondrichthyes, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 358-360 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 47 [details] FAO fishing area 51 [details] FAO fishing area 57 [details] FAO fishing area 71 [details] FAO fishing area 77 [details] FAO fishing area 81 [details] FAO fishing area 87 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Possibly to 8 m, world's largest predator. Generally in the open ocean, but does swim into shallower waters. Most attacks occurred in estuaries. Usually swims alone or in pairs but can be found in feeding aggregations. A versatile predator with a broad prey spectrum. Feeds on sturgeon and tunas, as well as sea lions and other large animals and fish (Ref. 9987). Presumably ovoviviparous. Reported by some experts to attack humans which they mistake for their normal prey of seals. Reported to cause poisoning (Ref. 4690). Meat is utilized fresh and smoked for human consumption, the skin for leather and the liver for oil (Ref. 9987). [details] Diet: Bony fishes such as salmon, hake, halibut, mackerel and tunas. As well, other sharks, sea turtles, seabirds and marine mammals are eaten. [details] Distribution: Newfoundland to Argentina [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Found in coastal and offshore waters, may enter small bays and harbours and approach shore. [details] Importance: Social & Scientific- Fatal attacks on humans and small boats, flesh and fins used for human food, liver is rich in oil, skin is used for leather, carcass is used for fish meal. [details] Predators: Man and possibly other white sharks [details] Reproduction: Presumed to be ovoviviparous [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105838 on 2010-02-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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