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| Scientific Name | Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Mediterranean Sea, northeastern Atlantic, western Atlantic [original: "in Europa"]; localities include Bayonne, France, Bay of Biscay; Spain; Marseille and Nice, France; Italy; Malta; Lesbos Island, Greece; Syria; Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Carcharias atwoodi, Carcharias carcharias, Carcharias lamia, Carcharias maso, Carcharias productus, Carcharias sulcidens, Carcharias verus, Carcharias vorax, Carcharias vulgaris, Carcharodon albimors, Carcharodon caifassi, Carcharodon capensis, Carcharodon etruscus, Carcharodon productus, Carcharodon rondeletii, Carcharodon smithi, Carcharodon smithii, Carcharodon sulcidens, Carharodon carcharias, Squalus caninus |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 7920mm or 311.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Cosmopolitan, mostly amphitemperate. Western Atlantic: Newfoundland, Canada to Argentina; also north Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Cuba and Lesser Antilles. Eastern Atlantic: France to South Africa, including the Mediterranean. Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Seychelles, South Africa; also Reunion and Mauritius. Western Pacific: Siberia to New Zealand and the Marshall Islands; also south Australia. Central Pacific: Hawaii. Eastern Pacific: Alaska to Chile. International trade cooperation, Australia (CITES Appendix III, since 28.5.2003; CMS Appendix I and II). |
| IUCN Red List Category | Vulnerable , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1, pp 235. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:40.212.1511.8496 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:07 (species record created: 2021 Dec 26 04:33) |