Great white shark also known to prey upon a variety of other marine animals, including fish and seabirds. It is the only known surviving species of its genus "Carcharodon", and is responsible for more recorded human bite incidents than any other shark. The species faces numerous ecological challenges which has resulted in international protection. The IUCN lists the great white shark as a vulnerable species, and it is included in Appendix II of CITES. It is also protected by several national governments such as Australia (as of 2018). The novel "Jaws" by Peter Benchley and the subsequent film by Steven Spielberg depicted the
Finetooth shark and should be handled with caution. The finetooth shark was originally described as "Carcharias (Aprionodon) isodon" by French zoologist Achille Valenciennes, in Müller and Henle's 1839 "Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen". The type specimen is a 65-cm (26-in) juvenile male, possibly caught off New York. This species was later moved to the genus "Carcharhinus". The specific epithet "isodon" means "equal teeth" in Greek, and refers to the similar number of teeth in the upper and lower jaws. This species may also be referred to as the eventooth shark, smoothtooth shark, or night shark (usually used for "C. signatus"). As is the