Fishing Species
White Shark Fish Species Information
White Shark bigfishtackle PM
| Label | Details |
|---|---|
| Scientific Fish Name: | Carcharodon carcharias, |
| Other Fish Name: | great white shark, white pointer, white shark, or white death |
| Regions Fished: | southern coasts of Australia, off South Africa, California, Mexico's Isla Guadalupe and to a degree in the Central Mediterranean, Adriatic Seas and New Zealand |
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| Common Tackle: | |
| Additional Information: | Great white sharks are carnivorous, and primarily eat fish (including rays, tuna, and smaller sharks), dolphins, porpoises, whale carcasses and pinnipeds such as seals, fur seals and sea lions and sometimes sea turtles. Sea otters and penguins are attacked at times although rarely, if ever, eaten. |