Image: Scales of a White Shark

Scanning electron micrograph of the overlapping placoid scales of a White Shark.

Photographer:

Sue Lindsay

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Common name:

White Shark

Scientific name:

Carcharodon carcharias

Family:

Lamnidae

Order:

Lamniformes

Additional information

Scanning electron micrograph of the overlapping placoid scales of a White Shark.

Last Updated: 8 May 2013

Tags fish, ichthyology, white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, Lamnidae, scales, denticles,