Lamnidae

The Lamnidae are the family of mackerel sharks known as white sharks.^[1] They are large, fast-swimming predatory fish found in oceans worldwide.

Mackerel sharks Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Great white shark Carcharodon carcharias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Lamniformes
Family:	Lamnidae J. P. Müller and Henle, 1838
Extant genera
Carcharodon Isurus Lamna Extinct genera; see text
Synonyms
"Carcharodontidae" (Gill, 1832)

The name of the family is formed from the Greek word lamna, which means "fish of prey", and was derived from the Greek legendary creature, the Lamia.^[2]