| Photograph |
No. |
TL (m) |
M (kg) |
Sex |
Capture Location |
Cap.
Date |
Reference |
 |
New |
1.22 |
12.7 |
M |
Long Island
NY, USA |
|
Francis 1996 (p. 169: Wes Pratt pers. communication; not 41
nor 47 inches, 1.22 m would be 48 inches) |
| |
New |
1.22 |
|
F |
BHB |
BHB |
Hubbell (1996, Table II) |
| |
New |
1.24 |
|
M |
RC81487 |
RC81487 |
Hubbell (1996, Table II) |
| |
01 |
1.261;
1.025 PCL |
|
M |
Los Angeles CA, USA |
18 Jun 1985 |
LACM 43804-1; J. Seigel 1994 pers. comm. |
| |
New |
1.27;
1.17 FL |
14.5 |
|
Net off South Australia |
Mar-Apr 1994 |
Malcolm et al. 2001 |
| |
New |
1.3 |
|
|
Net off NSW? |
1974 |
Malcolm et al. 2001 |
| |
New |
1.35 |
|
M |
BH71087 |
BH71087 |
Hubbell (1996, Table II) |
 |
New |
1.4 |
|
|
Eastern Cape, South Africa |
<1951 |
J.L.B. Smith (1951) described a 140 cm neonate caught off
Algoa Bay in 20 fathoms deep water. Two of its teeth are also shown on the
far left of plate 8 in Bass et
al. (1975) IR #39 (I've added the letter A which was apparently missing
on the original plate). Scale bar does not apply to these two teeth. |
 |
New |
1.42 |
|
M |
BH71590 |
|
Photo shows Fig. 3 in Hubbell (1996).
Figure 3. Front row teeth, labial view, from a 142 cm TL male white shark,
showing lateral cusplets, narrow teeth, and, in the first lower anterior,
lack of serrations. |
| |
New |
1.46 |
|
M |
CA8564 |
CA8564 |
Hubbell (1996, Table II) |
 |
New |
1.46 |
|
|
Wanda Beach near Sydney |
1982 |
Caught south of Sydney, near Wanda Beach.in 1982. Was donated
to the Australian Museum. Simon De Marchi personal communication. |
 |
New |
~1.41 from
~1.5 TL OTC; 1.35 FL OTC |
28 |
F |
Off Huntington Beach CA, USA |
20 Aug 2004 |
Caught as by-catch in halibut gillnet, transferred to ocean
pen off Malibu and transported to MBA on 14 Sep 2004. My estimate of age
at capture is 1-3 months, thus birth date between May 20 - July 20, 2004. |
 |
09 |
1.54 |
|
M |
Bodega Bay CA, USA; taken alive |
10 Sep 1984 |
MBA#1, MLML#31; Mollet
et al. 1996 |
 |
New |
~1.6 |
|
|
off Bird Island, Eastern Cape, SA |
15 Dec 1989 |
Caught by a ski boat angler. Area is known to have neonate white sharks
seasonally. |
| |
New |
~1.63 from 1.74 TL OTC;
1.53 FL OTC |
47 |
M |
Santa Monica Bay, CA USA |
17 Aug 2006 |
Caught by Joe Welsch on rod and reel using Bonito bait.
Second
Young White Shark on Exhibit. |
|
21 |
1.831 |
74 |
M |
18 m off Darien GA, USA |
06 Jan 1994 |
G. Burgess 1995 pers. comm. |
|
28 |
1.967 |
|
F |
SW off Cape Lockout NC, USA |
18 Apr 1974 |
G. Burgess 1995 pers. comm. |
 |
New |
2.3 |
|
|
Natal, South Africa |
<1975 |
Bass et al. (1975) IR #39 included tooth set of 230 cm specimen
from Natal, South Africa. Plate # 8 with scale bar. Teeth on far left belong
to 140 cm neonate without scale bar. |
|
56 |
3.790 |
499 |
M |
Marathon FL, USA |
23 Apr 1992 |
J. Castro and G. Hubbell 1995 pers. comms. |
|
60 |
3.91 |
536 |
F |
200 km west of Fort Myers FL, USA |
22 Feb 1994 |
M. Mitchell 1994 pers. comm. |
 |
New |
4.33 |
722 |
F |
Morro Bay CA, USA; Slide
show of arrival in Santa Cruz |
24 Nov 2000 ~9 AM |
Photo List
I for Morro Bay Great White Shark generated by C.R. Davis and D.B. Harris
|
 |
New |
2-4+ |
|
|
Dyer Island, about 7 km west of Gans Bay SA |
09 Jun 2001 |
Dyer
Island White Shark Slide Show. On June 9, 2001 we saw 12 white sharks
between 2-4 m TL at Dyer Island. (slide 1 shows a map, followed by 17 slides
of action) |
 |
New |
~4 |
|
F (from photo) |
Simon's Bay, South Africa |
1922 |
Robert "Taps" Lankester, coxswain of the port boat. His three
assistants are Doolie Slarmie, Imam Achmat Baker and Fred Beukes. The
Great White shark was caught in Simon's Bay, South Africa, in 1922.
Thanks to Bill Bridges for URL. |
 |
New |
~ 4.5 |
|
M |
Ceduna, South Australia |
1977 |
Kostas Bambakas pers. comm. |
 |
New |
4 to 5 |
|
|
Yakutat, Alaska USA |
Oct 2003 |
Scott Meyer and Lee Hulbert p.c.
Photo
of teeth used for length guesstimate. |
 |
New |
~4.57 (~15") |
|
|
Off Santa Cruz Island, CA, USA |
Sep 1985 |
Thanks to Victor Lin for newspaper clipping.
Santa Barbara commercial fisherman Bruce Brammel
land a 15-foot-long great white shark Monday while drift-netting for swordfish
off Smuggler's Cove at Santa Cruz Island. Brammer reportedly struggled
two hours to board the shark, which was snapping as it hit the deck. Harbormaster
Julie Hazard said a shark of this size is caught here every few year.
Although great white are native to California's cold waters, the shark
usually aren't off santa Barbara because they generally remain in deeper
seas, a marine expert said. Most large specimens are found north of Point
Conception. |
 |
New |
4.66 |
755 |
|
JainSu County, China |
18 Apr 2006 |
From Victor Lin: A white shark was caught at JainSu County, China on April
18, 2006. It was 4.66 meters long and weighed 755kg. |
 |
New |
4.69 |
1160 |
F;
immat. |
6 km north of Richards Bay SA on experimental baited line
Zululand Observer |
06 Feb 2002 |
Synopsis of the dissection (19 Feb 2002 elasmo-l
posting by Geremy Cliff): Dissection date: 14 February 2002 Total length:
4.69 m (tail in natural position), Fork length: 4.23 m, Precaudal length:
3.80 m, Mass: 1160 kg, Liver mass: 270 kg (HSI 23.3%);
Sexual state: Virgin, approaching sexual maturity;
Stomach contents: digested remains of a small dolphin;
Ovary mass: 838 g (GSI 0.072%) (right ovary; no left ovary discernible),
Ovum diameter: numerous 3-4 mm clear oocytes were present;
Uterus width: 41 mm (UWI 0.87%) (at the widest point);
Shark condition: Fair (livers started to ooze oil; epigonal organs breaking
up). |
 |
New |
4.72 |
1320
(2909 lbs) |
|
off Rhode Island, USA |
27 Jul 1991 |
Caught by Joe Pagano and Steve Daniels.
Victor Lin personal communication.
More
details here. |
 |
New |
4.76 |
1628 |
F;
immat. |
Off Port Waikato (north of Raglan), North Island NZ |
19 Oct 2005 |
Thank for info and photos go to Julian Brook. Caught
in commercial set-net off the coast of Raglan, North Island, New Zealand.
Stomach contained the remains of 90kg fur seal. Jaw
photo.
NZ Herald article.
Necroposy was done by Clinton Duffy and Silver Bishop: It was an immature
female and weighed 1628 kg (reconstructed weight – jaws and fins
had been removed by the fishers and were weighed separately). |
|
70 |
4.79 |
|
F |
Davenport CA, USA |
06 Oct 1982 |
MLML#31; Mollet
et al. 1996 |
| |
|
4.80 |
|
F;
immat. |
South Africa |
|
Uterine width index (UWI) = 2.1% (Mollet et al. 2000; on reproductive
biology of the female shortfin mako with discussion of maturity of white
shark in discussion) |
 |
New |
4.8 |
|
|
Chidori Canal, Yako district of Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki Japan |
Oct 26, 2005 |
KAWASAKI -- A 4.8-meter-long great white shark was found
floating in a canal here Wednesday morning, local government and police
officials said. At around 10 a.m., a factory worker found the shark floating
in the Chidori Canal near his workplace in the Yako district of Kawasaki-ku,
Kawasaki, and alerted the local government, according to officials. A company
commissioned by the Kawasaki Municipal Government used a crane to recover
the dead shark. The municipal government's port and harbor bureau and local
police said the 4.8-meter-long shark is believed to be a great white shark,
and had been alive shortly before it was found. The canal is located in
a waterfront industrial district near the Port of Kawasaki and is about
100 meters wide. "We've never heard of a shark near here. I'm surprised
to learn that sharks are living in the Port of Kawasaki," said an official
of the city's port and harbor bureau. (Mainichi).
Info and photo from Victor Lin. |
| |
New |
4.9 |
|
F;
immat. |
South Africa |
|
Uterine width index (UWI) = 1.6% (Mollet et al. 2000; on reproductive
biology of the female shortfin mako with discussion of maturity of white
shark in discussion). |
 |
New |
~5 |
~1500 |
F |
Port Pirie, Southern Australia |
06 Aug 2004 |
A GW caught by a fisherman in Port Pirie, Southern Australia on Aug
6, 2004.Victor Lin p.c. Australian biologists will soon report if this
female was immature or mature. |
 |
New |
~5 |
1520 |
|
|
26 Apr 1990 |
As part of Daiwa fishing tackle advertisement, a 1520kg Great White was
caught on rod and reel by a Dion Gilmore off South Australia, I believe,
on 26 April 1990. An impressive specimen, but, sadly, those are all the
details I am able to provide. Regards, Julian Brook |
 |
New |
~5
(16-17') |
1550 (3417 lbs) |
F |
off Albany, Western Australia |
1976 |
Thanks to Scott Mierzwiak for photos and the following detailed information:
This 3,417- pound female great white shark was caught by Clive
Green in 1976, off Albany, Western Australia. The shark was between
16 and 17 feet long, just over 10 feet around, and it took Mr. Green 4 hours
and 45 minutes to reel her in close enough to the boat to get the first
gaff hooks in her. This was a world record attempt for the largest fish
ever caught on rod & line, but it was diqualified by the International
Game Fish Association because marine mammal bait was used, which is against
IGFA rules and regulations. This shark was just 10 pounds lighter than the
largest fish ever caught on rod and line, a 3,427 pound male, which was
caught in 1986, by Frank Mundus and Donnie Braddick, another fish which
was also disqualified because of marine mammal bait. The recognized record
by the IGFA is a 2,664 pound shark, which was caught by Alf Dean, in 1959.
Dean's fish was caught using marine mammal bait too, but as this was before
the rule regarding the use of such bait, Dean's catch was allowed to stand
as a record.
Photo of largest upper tooth. |
 |
New |
~5? |
1300? |
|
off ChinDhou, ShanDong Province of China |
12 Jun 2007 |
According to the website, the shark was"less than 8 meters long and
weighed 2500kg with eyes as big as eggs and with one-meter-long fin. However,
judging from the picture it's more likely slightly longer than 5 meters
and weighed around 1300kg.
Victor Lin personal communication. |
 |
New |
5-6
est. form P1A |
|
|
Off San Miguel Island, Azores |
July 1978 |
Fig. caption in Ellis and McCosker (1991) says: "The 29.5 feet (9
m) initially accorded this Azorean shark eventually proved to be a wild
exaggeration." Thanks to Helmut Nickel for jpg. |
| |
New |
~5+ |
|
|
Bluefish Cove, Pt. Lobos State Park Ca |
30 Jun 1995 |
A report of a shark attack on Marco Flagg, lucky
to be able to tell the story. Wounds on arms and legs were 51-76 cm
apart depending on position of the arm. I estimated TL assuming MOW = 51
cm. |
 |
New |
~5.1 |
1208 |
|
Off Ceduna, Australia |
21 Apr 1959 |
Alf Dean's rod and reel record 16'10", 1208 kg. Victor Lin p.c. Larger
white sharks were caught on rod and reel but record was disallowed by IGFA
because of new regulation disallowing use of mammal bait. See above information
by Scott Mierzwiak for fish with TL = ~5 (16-17 feet). |
 |
New |
? |
2000 |
F? |
Taiwan |
>1990 |
This 2000 kg GW was caught after 1990 along east coast of
Taiwan. The jaw is shown in the display case. For details of jaw of 2500
kg white shark in center of photo see below. (Victor Lin personal communication) |
 |
New |
5.15 |
|
F |
Toyo, Kochi, Japan |
22 May 1992 |
Uchida et al. (1996), This female was pregnant
with 10 full-term embryos. |
| |
New |
5.2. |
1520 |
F;
immat. more likely |
Streaky Bay, South Australia |
26 Apr 1990 |
This 5.2 m, 1520 kg female was reported by Bruce (1992) to be mature,
and bearing possible mating scars. However, uterine width indeces (UWI)
of only 0.88-1.0% (left) and 0.44-0.56% (right) suggest that this female
was still immature despite its large length. |
| |
New |
5.2 |
|
F;
mature |
Australia |
|
Uterine width index (UWI) = 7.7% (Mollet et al. 2000; on reproductive
biology of the female shortfin mako with discussion of maturity of white
shark in discussion). May have recently given birth (Stevens, unpublished
data). |
 |
New |
~5.2 |
|
F |
Japan |
22 May 1992 |
Caught off Japan (Victor Lin p.c.). |
|
75 |
~5.2 |
1554
(3427 lbs) |
M |
14 m south of Montauk Pt. |
13 Aug 1986 |
Suffolk Summer Life Magazine,
Friday, August 15, 1986 (The full story by Lou Grasso).
Did not qualify for IFGA record because of use of mammal bait. See above
information by Scott Mierzwiak for fish with TL = ~5 (16-17 feet). |
 |
New |
~5.2 |
~1500 |
M |
Off Favignana, Egadi Islands, Sicily |
25 Apr 1980 |
Favignana April 1980: This was a male specimen, reported
as ca. 520 cm TL, taken 25 April 1980 within a tonnara; it was finally
found dead in one of the trap 'cages' having been sighted the day prior.
TW estimate given as 1500 kg. Stomach contents were one intact juvenile
dolphin, weight ca 20-25kg, partially severed.
For more detais see: Fergusson,
I. K. 2002 |
|
84 |
5.3 |
~
2500 |
F |
Cananéia SP, Brazil |
08 Dec 1992 |
Arfelli and Amorim (1993)
Abstract |
 |
New |
5.31 |
1730;
<1450 gutted |
F |
Seven Star Lake, Hualien (needs to be confirmed, was brought
to Southern Bay dock to get better price) |
13 Oct 2005 |
TL was 5.31 m (17' 5"). Measured 3 times by Victor
Lin, there were some 3~5 cm differences. The total weight was 1730kg 3814lb
). The gutted weight was 1450 kg but some liver remained so it was not a"clean"
gutted weight. No embryos were found. The distance between upper and lower
tail lobe was 1.33 m. The diameter
of the largest vertebra taken from on the carcass was between 80~81mm but
not sure if it was the largest vertebrae. The
upper jaw perimeter is 1.063 m and lower
jaw perimeter is 0.889 m (much more diffcult to measure). The largest
tooth measures 60.3 mm (2 3/8").Thanks to Victor Lin for information
and photos. |
 |
New |
5.35 |
~ 2000 |
F |
Off Favignana, Egadi Islands, Sicily |
8 May 1987 |
535 cm TL female specimen caught in the 'tonnara'
bluefin tuna trap off Favignana, Egadi Islands, Sicily; date 8 May 1987;
TW ca. 2000 kg; stomach contents one adult dolphin, severed in two pieces.
For more detais see: Fergusson,
I. K. 2002
Additional
JPG; Additional
JPG. |
50 min. tape was taken by J. Bradley.
QuickTime
video clip (~4 min/~10 MB) was prepared by Dave Powell using iMovie. |
|
~5.36 (5.0 m FL) |
1360 incl. litter of 7 |
F |
North Cape, NZ (34 deg 25' S; 173 deg 03' E) |
13 Nov 1991 |
From Francis (1996): " A female white shark was caught
by C. Garrett on the afternoon of Nov 13, 1991, at North Cape, New Zealand
(34 deg 25'S, 173 deg 03' E). She was caught in a 140-mm mesh set net in
8 m of water, and towed by Garrett and another fisherman to Houhora Harbour,
a distance of 48 km. The shark was dragged ashore on November 14 and winched
on the tray of a tow truck. During the process, five embryos were aborted
through the combined effects of gravity, compression, and direct human assistance.
The female and the embryos remained on the truck overnight and were weighed
on a log-weighing machine in Kaitaia on November 15. That afternoon, the
female was cut up for bait at Awanui Wharf, and two more embryos were discovered
inside her. The jaws were removed from an embryo of unknown length and sexed
by G. Kinnear, and the offal and the seven embryos were discarded over the
edge of the wharf."
Two embryos and one vertebrae (22 +- 1 band-pairs) were
retrieved later by Malcolm Francis and collected data was reported in the
1996 paper. |
 |
|
5.44
17'10'' |
|
|
Santa Rosalia, Mexico |
26 Sep 2004 |
The huge great white shark caught by commerical fishermen near Santa Rosalia
on Sept. 26, 2004. Photo courtesy Mike Kanzler, Brenda Goodson, and Justino
Moreno Flores. Thanks go to Victor Lin for URL. |
 |
|
5.49 (18') |
|
F |
Moreton Bay, Queensland Australia |
18 Aug 1979 |
This white pointer was caught at Moreton Bay in Queensland,
Australia on 18 August 1979. Jaw width outside 28" (0.711 m); jaw height
top to bottom 27-1/2" (0.699 m); circumference above tooth line of
upper jaw 42" (1.067 m); length down the side of largest tooth including
root (behind clear gum) 2-3/8" (60.3 mm).Thanks to Ray Krueger for
information and photo. |
 |
New |
5.49-6.10
(18-20') |
|
F |
North shore Oahu, Hawaii |
28 Dec 2005 |
Owner and Captain Jimmy Hall attracted worldwide attention with an incredible
encounter with a giant great
white shark on December 28th, 2005.Thanks to Steve Stine for URL. |
 |
New |
~5.5 |
|
|
off Karaburam, Turkey (Aegean Sea) |
14 Mar 1991 |
Victor Lin p.c. |
|
100 |
5.5 ? |
~ 3165 |
F |
Filfla Island, Malta |
17 Apr 1987 |
Abela 1989; (Quite a tale....!)
Fergusson 1996;
Mollet et al. 1996;
Download pdf (3.4 MB) |
 |
New |
~5.5 |
|
F |
Firth of Thames, about 2 km off the eastern end of Waiheke
Island NZ |
~ 09 Nov 2003 |
The
New Zealand Herald
Pregnant with 3-5 term-embryos of ~ 1.5 m TL |
 |
|
~5.5 |
>1700 |
F |
Off Favignana, Egadi Islands, Sicily |
29 May 1953 |
Favignana 1953: A very large female, estimated 550 cm TL
and TW estimate at least 1700kg. Killed on 29 May 1953. See the original
notes penned by Guarassi (in Italian), which directly relate the details
as told to him by the former 'rais', or head, of the tonnara present at
the time it was caught.
For more detais see: Fergusson,
I. K. 2002 |
 |
New |
5.50;
5.525? |
1882;
2041? |
F |
West end of Catalina Island CA, USA |
13 June 1976 |
Largest white shark caught off California.
Measured length was 18 feet 1/2 inch (5.50 m). Thanks to Mike Shaw, SeaWorld
(pers.comm.) Taxidermied specimen was on display at SeaWorld and jaw was
later acquired by Gordon Hubbell. Total weight 4,150lbs (page58 "The
Sea World Book Of Sharks" by Eve Bunting). Liver mass 272 kg (600
lbs, 14.46 %); heart mass 4.5 kg (10 lbs, 0.24 %); girth 3.1 m (10' 2",
56% of TL). Shark was harpooned by fisherman Weeren near West end of Catalina
Island on June 13, 1976 (14.8 km from shore of Catalina Island, 27.8 km
from California coast). Accoroding to Le Boeuf et al. (1982) the stomach
contents were nearly digested and could not be identified. The bulk of
the material suggested a large animal, probably a marine mammal. Klimley
(1985, Fig. 7) reported that the stomach contents of this fish were identified
as elephant seal (Mirounge angustirostris) and that the estimated
mass was 680 kg. However, these data apply to a different white shark
caught on 7 Sep 1975 with TL ~5 m, namely #6 in Table 1 in Le Boeuf et
al (1982) for which the stomach content were identified as elephant seal
and it was estimated that the elephant seal probably measured 3 m TL and
weighed 450 to 680 kg. Thanks to Andrew Sprott.
From Bone Clone Website:
"The original jaw was prepared by Dr. Gordon Hubbell, a leading researcher
in sharks. The original specimen was brought to Sea World in San Diego
and was caught off the Southern California coast. The jaw contains a total
of 230 teeth (5 rows of 46)." TL is reported to be 19' 6" (5.94
m) which is a likely overestimate.
According to Ralph Collier (email to Andrew Sprott) this shark was measured
by Shelly Applegate and Ralph to be TL = 19' 3.5" (5.88 m) and mass
4,680lbs (2123 kg). These appear to be overestimates also.
|
 |
New |
5.5?? 17" is 5.18 |
~1800 |
|
Southern CA, USA |
Sep 1994 |
From http://www.angelfire.com/ok/SeaKing/largest.html/
The above picture shows one of the largest recently caught sharks. This
5.5 m (17 ft) female great white shark weighing 1,800 kg (4,000 lbs) became
entangled in swordfish nets in southern California waters on September 1994
and died before fishermen were able to set it free. Thanks to Victor Lin
for URL and photo. |
 |
New |
5.55 |
|
F |
Kin, Okinawa, Japan |
16 Feb 1985 |
Uchida et al. (1996). ~200 egg capsules in uteri
suggesting blastodisc stage of pregnancy rather than aborted embryos.
|
|
New |
5.55 |
|
|
Firth of Thames, New Zealand |
~ 9 Nov 2003 |
This female was pregnant with 3-5 full-term
embryos. |
 |
New |
5.57 |
2120 |
? |
Caught in set net off S.E. Taiwan |
02 Jan 2004 |
Vertebrae were saved, diameter of largest one was 83
mm. It was not a very clear vertebrae
for counting rings. Counts made by Sabine Wintner ranged from 16-22,
depending on whether the original x-ray or the scan with and without image
analysis was used. The frozen fins weighed 79 kg. Victor Lin p.c. |
| |
New |
~5.6
|
|
? |
Ganzirri,
Sicily, Italy |
09 Mar 1965 |
Harpooned by Nicola Donato. Stomach contents
included parts of marine turtle (Caretta carretta).Weighed ~1200 kg. (Celona,
Donato, & De Maddalean Annales Ser. hist. nat. 11, 2001 1(23)) |
| Photo of jaw is shown on p.74 in Ellis & McCosker (1991). |
94 |
5.633 |
|
F |
Anacapa Island.CA, USA |
06 Nov 1985 |
L11685 in Hubbell (1996, Table 1) |
 |
97 |
5.67-6.00 |
1214 w/o liver |
F |
Gans Bay, South Africa |
17 Jan 1987 |
LJVC-870303; Mollet
et al. 1996
(Download pdf 3.4 MB)
Size of largest vertebrae was 80x43 mm with a band count of 23
(Dave Ebert pers. comm.). Upper Jaw Perimeter 1.375 m (Leonard
Compagno pers. comm.) |
 |
New |
5.76 |
|
F |
Alberton, PEI, Canada |
04 Aug 1983 |
M91583 (Hubbell 1996);
Photo from Victor Lin |
| |
New |
~5.8 |
|
|
Nepean Bay South Australia |
31 Aug 2005 |
The KI Islander, Friday, 2 September 2005 (KI = Kangaroo
Island)
Massive shark spotted in Nepean Bay. A large White Pointer shark was spotted
in the area last Wednesday morning. Kingscote resident Colin Waller was
out fishing with a friend from interstate approximately two kilometres from
Red Banks when, at around 11.30am, the shark appeared near their boat. "Our
boat was around 16 feet long and the shark was quite a bit bigger ... I'd
say it was in the vicinity of 19 feet long," Colin told The Islander.
"It stayed around for about half an hour, never getting closer than
six or seven metres and I think it might have been attracted to the red
mullet that we were pulling in, as some of them were bleeding," he
said. Mr Waller said he saw a similar sized shark about ten years ago when
he was diving for rock lobster in the same area. Thanks to Victor Lin. |
 |
|
5.8-6.7 |
|
|
Lonbboat Key, near Anna Maria FL USA |
24 Dec 1937 |
Thanks go to John Spettell for this find. |
 |
New |
5.87 |
>2000 |
F |
Gulf of Gabès, southern Tunisia |
26 Feb 2004 |
Saïdi et al. (2005). This female was pregnant
with 4 near-term embryos. |
| |
New |
~6 |
|
F |
Ledge Point Australia |
22 Mar 1984 |
H5384 (Hubbell 1996) |
| |
New |
~6 |
|
M |
|
|
Largest known male H112690 (Hubbell 1996) |
| |
New |
~6
|
|
F |
|
|
F7282 (Hubbell 1996) |
 |
New |
~6.1 |
? |
F? |
Yakutat, Alaska USA |
06 Sep 2004 |
The next day on a charter with several clients, again
a client was reeling in a halibut, about a
60 lb fish, and had it up to the back of the boat when a large shark
took a large bite out of the middle
of it.
Complete report by Rhonda R Coston.
|
 |
New |
6.30
(20'8") |
2306
(5085 lbs) |
F? |
Off Phillip Island, south of Victoria |
1987 |
Claimed to have measured 7 m TL and 2.25
tonnes according to Ellis & McCosker 1991. Data needs to be checked.
Fred Dumoulin pointed out that capture year was 1987 rather than the 1978
given by Ellis and McCosker 1991. Steve Stine sent me a full body picture
he found on the internet with a handwritten sign stating that it was 20'
8" long and weighed 5085 pounds (see photo on left). |
 |
New |
6.4?
(21 ft) |
~2000 |
F? |
Off Cojímar, Cuba |
1945 |
Guitart and Milera (1974) reported:. Liver
weighed 1005 pounds (456 kg); total mass was estimated to be over 7000 pounds,
however, assuming that liver was 20-25% of total mass, total mass would
be around 2000 kg. Vertbrae was 80 mm diameter and 37 mm wide. Largest upper
tooth was 73 mm total height, 57 mm enameloid height (UE2), enameloid height
UE1 = 44 mm was used by Randall, (1973).
Victor Lin found photo on Internet. |
 |
New |
~10 m?? |
~2500 |
F? |
off Sandun, China |
15 Mar 2008 |
A very large white shark was caught off Sandun, China on March 15, 2008.
According to the source(in Chinese), this shark was estimated 10 meters
long (??), and when it was lifted by the hoist, the scale read 2.5 tons.
Victor Lin pers. comm. |
|
New |
6.7-7.0? |
2500 |
F? |
Taiwan |
14 May 1997 |
This 2500 kg GW was caught in1997 in a set-net in Sevenstar
Lake, a bay in Hualien province,Taiwan. (Victor Lin pers. comm.) |
|
101 |
> 7? |
|
F |
Kangaroo Island, S. Australia |
01 Apr 1987 |
Jury 1987 (What a story!);
Cappo 1988 (The scientific approach);
Mollet et al. 1996 (Download PDF 3.4
MB) |
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