Mackerel sharks
Temporal range: [1]
Great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Superfamily: Lamnoidea
Family: Lamnidae
J. P. Müller and Henle, 1838
Extant genera
Extinct genera; see text

The Lamnidae are the family of mackerel sharks known as white sharks.[2] They are large, fast-swimming predatory fish found in oceans worldwide, though prefer environments with colder water. 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.[3]

These sharks have pointed snouts, spindle-shaped bodies, and large gill openings. The first dorsal fin is large, high, stiff and angular or somewhat rounded. The second dorsal and anal fins are minute. The caudal peduncle has a couple of less distinct keels. The teeth are gigantic. The fifth gill opening is in front of the pectoral fin and spiracles are sometimes absent. They are powerful, heavily built sharks, sometimes weighing nearly twice as much as other sharks of comparable length from other families. Many sharks in the family are among the fastest-swimming fish, although the massive great white shark is slower due to its large size.

Genera and species

The family contains five living species in three genera and these selected extinct genera and species:[1]

  • Genus †Carchariolamna Hora, 1939
    • Carchariolamna heroni Hora, 1939
  • Genus Carcharodon Smith, 1838
  • Genus †Corax Agassiz 1843
  • Genus †Cosmopolitodus Glikman, 1964
  • Genus †Carcharomodus
  • Genus Isurus Rafinesque, 1810
  • Genus †Isurolamna Cappetta, 1976
    • Isurolamna affinis Casier, 1946
    • Isurolamna bajarunasi Glikman & Zhelezko, 1985
    • Isurolamna gracilis Le Hon, 1871
    • Isurolamna inflata Leriche, 1905
  • Genus †Karaisurus Kozlov in Zhelezko & Kozlov, 1999
    • Karaisurus demidkini Kozlov in Zhelezko & Kozlov, 1999
  • Genus †Lamiostoma Glikman, 1964
    • Lamiostoma belyaevi Glikman, 1964
    • Lamiostoma stolarovi Glikman & Zhelezko in Zhelezko & Kozlov, 1999
  • Genus Lamna Cuvier, 1816
    • Lamna ditropis Hubbs & Follett, 1947 (salmon shark)
    • Lamna nasus Bonnaterre, 1788 (porbeagle)
    • Lamna attenuata Davis, 1888
    • Lamna carinata Davis, 1888
    • Lamna hectori Davis, 1888
    • Lamna marginalis Davis, 1888
    • Lamna quinquelateralis Cragin, 1894
    • Lamna trigeri Coquand, 1860
    • Lamna trigonata Agassiz, 1843
  • Genus †Lethenia Leriche, 1910
    • Lethenia vandenbroecki Winkler, 1880
  • Genus †Macrorhizodus Glikman, 1964
    • Macrorhizodus americanus Leriche, 1942
    • Macrorhizodus nolfi Zhelezko, 1999

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Lamnidae" in FishBase. January 2009 version.
  2. McEachran, J.; Fechhelm, J.D. (1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-292-75206-1. OCLC 38468784. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. ISBN 9781258302863: A source-book of biological names and terms, 1944, Edmund Carroll Jaeger
  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Lamnidae" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
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