Great white shark

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is the sole living lamnid of its genus and one of the largest predatory fishes. Females reach 4.6–4.9 m and 1,000–1,900 kg, males 3.4–4.0 m and 680–1,000 kg, with a reliable maximum near 6.0 m and 2,530 kg; some 300 serrated triangular teeth stand in rows. It occurs in temperate to tropical seas at roughly 12–24 degrees Celsius and down to 1,200 m, ambushing seals and other prey. Growth is slow, maturity late (about 26 years in males, 33 in females) and gestation about 12 months. The IUCN assessed it as Vulnerable in 2022.