Lamnidae
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The Lamnidae are the family of mackerel sharks known as white sharks. They are large, fast-swimming predatory fish found in oceans worldwide, though they prefer environments with colder water. The nam
White shark
Great white shark
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The great white shark, also known as the white shark, white pointer, or great white, is a large shark. It is closely related to the mako sharks, the porbeagle, and the salmon shark. It is a robustly b
Lamnidae
…as much as other sharks of comparable length from other families. Many sharks in the family are among the fastest-swimming fish, although the massive great white shark is slower due to its large size. The family contains five living species in three genera and these selected extinct genera and species…
Evolution from C. hastalis to C. carcharias
White shark skeleton
Sizes of two white sharks sampled during a NOAA fisheries survey