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Also Known As	Lamna ditropis • Pacific porbeagle • porbeagle shark • Pacific mackerel shark

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salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)

A salmon shark, Lamna ditropis, swims underwater in the greenish open ocean off Alaska, with sunlight streaming through the water above its streamlined body.

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mackerel shark porbeagle