great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) SQUALUS CARCHARIAS
Date 1796.
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7064460675
Author Bloch, Marcus Elieser
Full title Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire naturelle des poissons : En six parties avec 216 planches dessinées et enluminées d'après nature / par Marc Éliéser Bloch.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ichthyologie;_ou,_Histoire_naturelle_des_poissons_(Plate_119)_(7064460675).jpg
The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the great white, white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans.