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Blue shark
Prionace glauca
Sharks & rays · Near threatened
vs
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Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
3 clips name both of them
3,363 views between them.
Sharks outweigh Blue shark 47× — 5,366 kg against 113 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
113 kg
🦈 Blue shark · AnAge
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
Body length
3.35 m
🦈 Blue shark · FishBase
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
Maximum lifespan
20 yr
🦈 Blue shark · AnAge
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Elasmobranchii (subclass), home to 1,595 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.