Scientific Name	Carcharodon carcharias   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Linnaeus, 1758)	Depth	0 - 1280M
Chinese	食人鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠鯊科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F022　Lamnidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	噬人鯊
Max Length	594 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大白鯊、食人鮫、馬加舅
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mediterranean Sea, northeastern Atlantic, western Atlantic [original:
Synonyms	Carcharias atwoodi, Carcharias lamia, Carcharias maso, Carcharias verus, Carcharias vorax, Carcharias vulgaris, Carcharodon albimors, Carcharodon capensis, Carcharodon rondeletii, Carcharodon smithi, Carcharodon smithii, Squalus caninus, Squalus carcharias ...all 16..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-圓口綱及軟骨魚綱(朱等, 2001)；FAO Species Catalogue, Vol.4 Sharks of the world  Bigelow, H.B. etc. 1958 Pike, G.C. 1962 Garrick, J. A. F. etc. 1963 William F. Royce 1963 Follett, W.I. 1974 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 Randall, J. E. 1987 Nakano, H. etc. 1987 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 朱元鼎, 孟慶聞 等編 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0806210. ASIZP0915913. ASIZP0916210. FRIP00193.
Barcode	2015-12-01,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2015-12-01,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Shark; White pointer; White death; White shark; Man-eater shark; Great white shark; Man eater; Maneater; Man-eater; Mango-taniwha; Mango-ururoa
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Vulnerable(VU) A1cd+2cd 2000-06-30   CITES Appendix 2
Characteristic	Trunk fusiform and moderately slender to stout. Head shorter than trunk. Snout moderately long, pointed and conical, but not greatly elongated, flattened or bladelike. Gill openings large, extending onto dorsal surface of head, and all anterior to pectoral fin bases. Internal gill slits without gillrakers. Anterior and lateral teeth are narrow and awl or bladelike to broad, compressed and triangular. First dorsal fin large, high, erect and angular. Second dorsal and anal fin much smaller than 1st dorsal fin, and with pivoting bases. Pectoral fins long and narrow. Pelvic fins small, much smaller than 1st dorsal fin but larger than 2nd dorsal fin. Caudal fin lunate. Precaudal pits present, caudal peduncle strongly depressed and with strong keels.
habitats	This is a very active shark species. Its often occurs close inshore to the surfline and even penetrates shallow bays in continental coastal waters, but also prefers offshore continental islands. Ovoviviparous, a litter of 9 young was reported from Mediter
Distribution	Western Atlantic from Newfoundland to Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, northern Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Eastern Atlantic from France to Mediterranean, Madeira, Canary Island, Senegal, Ghana, Zaire. Western Indian Ocean including South Africa, Seychel
Utility	This species mostly taken as a bycatch of fisheries of other sharks and other fishes, by longlines, hook-and-line, fixed bottom gillnets, traps, herring weirs, trammel nets, harpoons, bottom and pelagic trawls, and purse seines. Utilized fresh, dried salt