Great White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Family
- Lamnidae
- Genus
- Carcharodon
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 14 countries and 7 regions.
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 1852 records
- South Australia, Australia - 16 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 4151 records
- Victoria, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 5 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 12 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 23 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 43 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 2 records
- Fiordland, New Zealand - 15 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- East Coast, South Korea - 4 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 6 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 53 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 52 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 4 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 2 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 4 records