How To Identify Great White Shark. These notches and coloration are unique to each shark like a finger print and we use these fins to track sharks over many years. Color dark without conspicuous white spots on sides of body.
According to Chisholm the dorsal fins of great white sharks have a triangular shape with a straight rear edge that comes to a point at the peak. These fins are full of patterns of notches which scientists can use to tell white sharks apart. You will notice in the above picture comparison The Mako Shark has a more pointed torpedo shaped nose.
It is illegal to take or harm great white sharks in New Zealand fisheries waters out to 200 nm.
According to a 2016 paper there are 509 species of shark divided into nine orders and 34 families. Anterior nasal flap with large and broad secondary lobe almost barbel-like. The white shark can be found at the surface down to the bottom in epicontlthental waters but occasionally ranges down the continental slope where it was once caught on a bottom longline at 1280 m along with the large sixgill shark Hexanchus qriseus. Credit Nicola Stelluto httpbitly2uAgrH7.
