Genus Carcharodon

Carcharodon A. Smith, 1838

Teeth broadly triangular with edges concave and coarsely serrated, without lateral cusplets, third upper tooth nearly as large as second and fourth; lower teeth smaller and more slender than uppers. First dorsal fin origin opposite or slightly anterior to inner corner of pectoral fins. Second dorsal fin origin in advance of anal fin origin. No secondary longitudinal keel below main caudal keel.

See family for biology etc.

Species l; in Clofnam area 1.

Recent revisions: Bigelow and Schroeder (1948), Compagno (1981 and in press).

Species of this genus in the program:
Carcharodon carcharias

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