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The Lamnidae are the family of mackerel sharks known as white sharks. They are large, fast-swimming predatory fish found in oceans worldwide, though they prefer environments with colder water. The name of the family is formed from the Greek word lamna, which means "fish of prey", and was derived from the Greek legendary creature, the Lamia.

Genera and species
The family contains five living species in three genera and these selected extinct genera and species: • Genus †Carchariolamna Hora, 1939 • †Carchariolamna heroni Hora, 1939 • Genus Carcharodon Smith, 1838 • Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) (great white shark) • †Carcharodon hubbelli Ehret, Macfadden, Jones, Devries, Foster & Salas-Gismondi, 2012 (Hubbell's white shark) • †Carcharodon caifassii? "Bryant's or Common White shark" (Lawley, 1876) • Genus †Corax Agassiz 1843 • Genus †Cosmopolitodus Glikman, 1964 • †Cosmopolitodus hastalis Agassiz, 1843 (narrow mako shark) • †Cosmopolitodus xiphodon Agassiz, 1843 (giant white shark) • Genus †Carcharomodus • †Carcharomodus escheri Agassiz, 1843 • Genus Isurus Rafinesque, 1810 • Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (shortfin mako) • Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday, 1966 (longfin mako) • †Isurus desori Agassiz, 1843 • †Isurus subserratus= Carcharomodus escheri Agassiz, 1843 • †Isurus flandricus Leriche, 1910 • †Isurus minutus? Agassiz, 1843 • †Isurus nakaminatoensis Saito, 1961 • †Isurus planus Agassiz, 1856 • †Isurus praecursor Leriche, 1905 • †Isurus rameshi Mehrotra, Mishra & Srivastava, 1973 • Genus †Isurolamna Cappetta, 1976 • †Isurolamna affinis Casier, 1946 • †Isurolamna bajarunasi Glikman & Zhelezko, 1985 • †Isurolamna gracilis Le Hon, 1871 • †Isurolamna inflata Leriche, 1905 • Genus †Karaisurus Kozlov in Zhelezko & Kozlov, 1999 • †Karaisurus demidkini Kozlov in Zhelezko & Kozlov, 1999 • Genus †Lamiostoma Glikman, 1964 • †Lamiostoma belyaevi Glikman, 1964 • †Lamiostoma stolarovi Glikman & Zhelezko in Zhelezko & Kozlov, 1999 • Genus Lamna Cuvier, 1816 • Lamna ditropis Hubbs & Follett, 1947 (salmon shark) • Lamna nasus Bonnaterre, 1788 (porbeagle) • †Lamna attenuata Davis, 1888 • †Lamna carinata Davis, 1888 • †Lamna hectori Davis, 1888 • †Lamna marginalis Davis, 1888 • †Lamna quinquelateralis Cragin, 1894 • †Lamna trigeri Coquand, 1860 • †Lamna trigonata Agassiz, 1843 • Genus †Lethenia Leriche, 1910 • †Lethenia vandenbroecki Winkler, 1880 • †Lethenia carranzaensis Otero, 2025 • Genus †Macrorhizodus Glikman, 1964 • †Macrorhizodus americanus Leriche, 1942 • †Macrorhizodus nolfi Zhelezko, 1999 ==See also==
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