Jaws (novel) on the shark and the characterizations of the three protagonists. "Jaws" became the highest-grossing movie in history up to that point, becoming a watershed film in motion picture history and the father of the summer blockbuster film. Three sequels followed the film. The story is set in Amity, a seaside resort town on Long Island, New York. One night, a massive great white shark kills a young tourist named Chrissie Watkins while she skinny dips in the open waters. After finding what remains of her body washed up on the beach, investigators realize she was attacked by a shark. Police
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