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Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)

Great white shark
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Malta country information

Common names: Great white shark, Huta tax-Xmara, Kelb Abjad
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Lanfranco, G.G., 1996
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref: Lanfranco, G.G., 1993
Regulations: protected | Ref: Government of Malta, 1999
Uses: no uses
Comments: "Deep Water, but occasionaly inshore..Rare" (Ref. 33971). This species was put on the Protection List by the Maltese government, on Sept. 24 1999. Legal notice L.N. 161 of 1999. Also Ref. 247.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mt.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lanfranco, G.G., 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Grand requin blanc, Jaquetón blanco, White shark, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Élasmobranches (requins et raies) (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) > Lamnidae (Mackerel sharks or white shark)
Etymology: Carcharodon: carchar-, presumably referring to Carcharias (Odontaspidae); odon (Gr.), tooth, “Teeth as in Carchari[a]s, serrated on both edges”. (See ETYFish);  carcharias: From the Ancient Greek karkharías, shark, derived from kárkharos, sharp or jagged, referring to its teeth (“dentibus serratus”). (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin; saumâtre; océanodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 0 - 1200 m (Ref. 106604), usually 0 - 250 m (Ref. 55270).   Subtropical; 61°N - 58°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences |
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