Species learning profile
Tubarão-branco
Carcharodon carcharias
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is a saltwater fish associated with open ocean habitat in Global. A warm-bodied hunter with extraordinary senses.
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At a glance
- Água
- Água salgada
- Habitat
- Oceano aberto
- Comprimento máximo
- 600 cm
- Distribuição
- Mundo inteiro
- Família
- Lamnidae
- Ordem
- Lamniformes
Observe
How to identify Tubarão-branco
- Grey above and white underneath.
- Powerful torpedo shape with a tall triangular dorsal fin.
- Reported maximum length: 600 cm — a genuinely giant fish. Maximum is not the same as typical adult size.
Field note: color, size, and markings can change with age, sex, season, depth, and lighting. Use several traits together.
Place and pattern
Where it lives—and how it behaves
Habitat and range
This species is associated with open ocean habitat across Global. With little fixed shelter, currents, temperature fronts, depth, and moving prey define its open-ocean world.
Behavior
Uses open ocean habitat for feeding, shelter, migration, or reproduction.
Food-web connections
What it eats and why it matters
Diet
A species-specific mix of plant material, plankton, invertebrates, or other fish.
Ecological role
It helps move energy across great distances in a food web with few physical boundaries..
Remember
One fact worth keeping
Tubarão-branco pode chegar a cerca de 600 cm e costuma viver perto de Oceano aberto.
Think like a conservationist
A conservation lens
Wide-ranging ocean fish can cross many jurisdictions, so bycatch, harvest limits, and international cooperation matter.
This habitat lens is not a current population-status assessment. Status can differ among regions and change as new assessments are published; follow the reference links and local fisheries or wildlife agencies for current decisions.
Recall
Quick knowledge check
Which habitat is most closely associated with Great white shark in this guide?
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References and further reading
Fishdle summarizes stable identification and ecology concepts in plain language. Taxonomy and population knowledge continue to change, so use primary assessments and regional authorities for conservation or management decisions.
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