Třída: Chondrichthyes - paryby
Řád: Lamniformes - obrouni
Čeleď: Lamnidae - lamnovití

Synonyma: Squalus carcharias Linnaeus, 1758; Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810; Squalus lamia Blainville, 1816; Carcharias verus Cloquet, 1817; Squalus lamia Blainville, 1825; Carcharias rondeletti Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1829; Squalus vulgaris Richardson, 1836; Carcharias vulgaris (Richardson, 1836); Carcharodon smithi Bonaparte, 1838; Carcharodon smithii Agassiz, 1838; Carcharodon capensis Smith, 1839; Carcharodon rondeletii Müller & Henle, 1839; Carcharias atwoodi Storer, 1848; Carcharias vorax Owen, 1853; Carcharias maso Morris, 1898; Carcharodon albimors Whitley, 1939.

Jiná pojmenování: Velký bílý žralok, žralok lidožravý, žralok lidožrout.

Typová lokalita: Evropský oceán.

Velikost: ♂ 350 – 400 cm, ♀ 450 – 500 cm, max. 650 cm

Reference: Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.