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Mackerel Sharks
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Mackerel Sharks

Lamnidae

The Lamnidae are the family of mackerel or white sharks. They are large, fast-swimming sharks, found in oceans worldwide. The name of the family is formed from the Greek word, lamna, which means fish of prey, and was derived from the Greek legendary creature, the Lamia.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 5 known species

White Sharks

genusCarcharodon

Mako Sharks

genusIsurus

Lamna

genusLamna

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50874.