Scientific name: Carcharodon carcharias

Average size: 15 ft - 20 ft long

Average life expectancy: 30 years

Average weight: 2.5 tons or more

Habitat: Coastal areas

Diet: fish, crustaceans, mollusks, plankton, krill, marine mammals and other sharks

Extra facts: A new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology found that fishing was the greatest cause of death for juvenile great white sharks .