Use it with porbeagle
Readers often understand the salmon shark best when it is compared directly with porbeagle and mako relatives instead of being treated as an isolated record.
Species profile
Salmon Shark
The salmon shark belongs in a tighter mackerel-shark cluster with porbeagle, makos, and the great white. This page is built to support that cluster rather than stand alone as a thin species stub.
Mackerel sharksCold-water lamnidIndex after rewrite
Keep the family context visible
A family-level mackerel shark page makes this profile much easier to use than a species page alone.
Favour clear naming
This page uses the common name salmon shark rather than a vague family label so the field-guide intent stays obvious.
At a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Scientific name | Lamna ditropis |
| Family | Lamnidae |
| Maximum length | 3.0 m max |
| Region notes | FAO fishing area 18, FAO fishing area 67, FAO fishing area 77 |
| Conservation status | Not listed in this offline release |
Useful next pages
Keep moving through the field guide with the pages that make this one more useful.
Mackerel Sharks
The family-level guide that gives this profile context.
Porbeagle
The strongest existing anchor species in the same cluster.
Porbeagle vs Salmon Shark
A direct comparison for readers trying to place the species side by side.
Keep the guide offline
Pocket Shark is built as an offline shark field guide for iPhone and iPad, so the same comparisons, glossary notes, and species context can stay with you away from a browser.
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