Great white shairk
species o lairge lamniform shairk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
species o lairge lamniform shairk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The great white shairk (Carcharodon carcharias), kent as the great white, white pointer, white shairk, or white daith an aw, is a species o lairge lamniform shairk which can be foond in the coastal surface watters o aw the major oceans. The great white shairk is notable for its size, wi matur female indwallers growin up tae 6.1 m (20 ft) in lenth an 1,950 kg (4,300 lb) in wicht.[3][4][5] Housomeivver maist are smawer, males measurin 3.35 tae 3.96 m (11 ft 0 in tae 13 ft 0 in) an females 4.57 tae 4.88 m (15 ft 0 in tae 16 ft 0 in) on average.[5][6] Accordin tae a 2014 study the lifespan o great white shairks is estimatit tae be as lang as 70 years or mair, well abuin aulder estimates,[7] makkin it ane o the langest livit cartilaginous fish currently kent.[8] Accordin tae the same study, male great white shairks tak 26 years tae reach sexual maturity, whilk the females tak 33 years tae be ready tae produce affspring.[9] Great white shairks can accelerate tae ower 56 km/h (35 mph) for short bursts.[10]
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Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subcless: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Faimily: | Lamnidae |
| Genus: | Carcharodon A. Smith, 1838 |
| Species: | C. carcharias |
| Binomial name | |
| Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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| Global range hielichtit in blue | |
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