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title: "Lamna dwustępkowa"
description: "Lamna ditropis — Ryby. The salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) is a species of mackerel shark found in the northern Pacific ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/salmon-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lamna dwustępkowa

> Lamna ditropis — Ryby. The salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) is a species of mackerel shark found in the northern Pacific ocean.

- Scientific name: *Lamna ditropis*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 278
- Wikidata: [Q74371](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74371)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62739](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62739)

## Names

- en: Salmon Shark
- de: Lachshai
- es: Tiburón salmón
- fr: Requin-taupe saumon
- nl: Zalmhaai
- pt: Tubarão-salmão
- pl: Lamna dwustępkowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (186), CA (23), RU (4)

## Summary

The salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) is a species of mackerel shark found in the northern Pacific ocean. Similar to other mackerel sharks, salmon sharks have a thunniform body type. As an apex predator, the salmon shark feeds on salmon, squid, sablefish, birds, walleye pollock, and herring. Salmon sharks get their name from their diet, which primarily consists of salmon. It is known for its ability to maintain stomach temperature (homeothermy), which is unusual among fish.  This shark has not been demonstrated to maintain a constant body temperature. It is also known for an unexplained variability in the sex ratio between…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_shark

## Photo

![Lamna dwustępkowa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/salmon-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Drew Meyer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/303311956

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/salmon-shark?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).