SCHLEICH 14809 Wild Life Great white shark

The white shark is one of the most highly developed carnivorous sharks, its earliest representatives appeared in the northeast Pacific around sixteen million years ago, at the end of the Miocene period. The white shark is the largest predatory fish. It is found in all the oceans of the Earth and prefers coastal areas. Its body size varies; the females of the species grow larger than the males – the male is usually between 335 and 396 centimeters, while the female averages between 457 and 488 centimeters. The average body weight of an adult specimen is 520-770 kilograms.