Great white shairk
| Great white shairk | |
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| 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 | |
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| Global range hielichtit in blue | |
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]
References
eedit- ↑ Gottfried, M. D.; Fordyce, R. E. (2001). "An associated specimen of Carcharodon angustidens (Chondrichthyes, Lamnidae) from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand, with comments on Carcharodon interrelationships". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (4): 730–739. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0730:AASOCA]2.0.CO;2.
- ↑ Fergusson, I., Compagno, L.; Marks, M. (2000). "Carcharodon carcharias in IUCN 2012". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Vers. 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 October 2009.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link) (Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable)
- ↑ "Great white sharks: 10 myths debunked". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 Juin 2016.
- ↑ Carpenter, K. "Carcharodon carcharias". FishBase.org. Retrieved 3 Juin 2016.
- ↑ a b Viegas, Jennifer. "Largest Great White Shark Don't Outweigh Whales, but They Hold Their Own". Discovery Channel. Retrieved 19 Januar 2010.
- ↑ Parrish, M. "How Big are Great White Sharks?". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Ocean Portal. Retrieved 3 Juin 2016.
- ↑ "Carcharodon carcharias". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 5 Juin 2016.
- ↑ "New study finds extreme longevity in white sharks". Science Daily. 9 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "Great White Sharks Are Late Bloomers". LiveScience.com.
- ↑ Alaska's Great White Sharks, by Bruce A. Wright, 2007, page 27
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