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The name 'great white shark' likely comes from the shark's size, as well as the white underside exposed on beached sharks. The English name 'white shark' and its Australian variant 'white pointer' [21] is thought to have come from the shark's stark white underside, a characteristic feature most noticeable in beached sharks lying upside down ...
Name Binomial Name Taxonomic Class Known maximum mass [tonnes] Maximum length [m (ft)] Images Size comparison to human 1: Whale shark: Rhincodon typus: Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous fish) 21.5: 18.8 metres (61.7 ft) 2: Basking shark: Cetorhinus maximus: Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous fish) 5.2 (16 unconfirmed) 14 metres (46 ft) 3: Great white shark
Great white sharks, shortfin mako, longfin mako, salmon shark, and porbeagle are endothermic, which helps them move quickly in water. They are able to regulate their body temperature depending on the temperature of the water they are in, in order to contract their muscles and swim faster. [21]
The binomial name Homo sapiens was coined by Carl Linnaeus (1758). Names for other human species were introduced beginning in the second half of the 19th century (Homo neanderthalensis 1864, Homo erectus 1892). There is no consensus on the taxonomic delineation between human species, human subspecies and the human races.
Porbeagle. The porbeagle or porbeagle shark ( Lamna nasus) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere. In the North Pacific, its ecological equivalent is the closely related salmon shark ( L. ditropis ).
Great hammerhead. The great hammerhead ( Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.2 m (20 ft). It is found in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, inhabiting coastal areas and the continental shelf.
Nicknamed 'Deep Blue,' this great white is almost as long as the 22-foot-long boat the researchers were aboard near Guadalupe, Mexico, nearly 165 miles away from mainland. She is one of the ...
Some large shark species, such as the tiger shark, the dusky shark, the great white shark and the bull shark, prey on the bottlenose dolphin, especially calves. The bottlenose dolphin is capable of defending itself by charging the predator; dolphin 'mobbing' behavior of sharks can occasionally prove fatal for the shark.