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Kingdom :  ANIMALIA
Phylum :  CHORDATA
Class :  ELASMOBRANCHII
Order :  LAMNIFORMES
Family :  LAMNIDAE
Genus :  Carcharodon
Taxon : Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) Comment on this entry
Distribution : Albania , Algeria , Angola , Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Argentina , Australia , Bahamas , Barbados , Benin , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Brazil , Cameroon , Canada , Cape Verde , Chile , China , Colombia , Côte d'Ivoire , Croatia , Cuba , Cyprus , Democratic People's Republic of Korea , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Dominica , Ecuador , Egypt , Eritrea , Fiji , France , Gabon , Ghana , Gibraltar , Greece , Grenada , Guadeloupe , Hong Kong , Israel , Italy , Japan , Jordan , Kenya , Lebanon , Liberia , Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , Macao , Madagascar , Malta , Marshall Islands , Martinique , Mauritania , Mauritius , Mexico , Monaco , Montenegro , Montserrat , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , New Caledonia , New Zealand , Nicaragua , Nigeria , Norfolk Island , Panama , Peru , Philippines , Portugal , Republic of Korea , Réunion , Russian Federation , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , Saudi Arabia , Senegal , Seychelles , Sierra Leone , Slovenia , South Africa , Spain , Sudan , Syrian Arab Republic , Taiwan, Province of China , Togo , Trinidad and Tobago , Tunisia , Turkey , Tuvalu , United Republic of Tanzania , United States of America , Uruguay , Viet Nam , Western Sahara , Yemen
 
Distribution is recorded to the level of country or, in some instances, to a sub-country level of Biological Recording Unit (BRU). This recognises areas to the regional/state level of larger countries, as well as larger islands of particular biological importance. If distribution data are not complete, or not known to be complete, this is indicated. Global distribution maps are available for each taxon.

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Aquatic Distribution Atlantic - eastern central, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, western central,
Indian Ocean - eastern, western,
Mediterranean and Black Sea,
Pacific - eastern central, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, western central
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