A 23 kg neonate have a stomach volume of 1.7 l and requires 353 kcal/day, a 125 kg juvenile requires 1,206 kcal/day (stomach volume 12.1 l), a 350 kg sub-adult requires 2,382 kcal/day (stomach volume 39.8 l) and a 900 kg adult great white shark required 4,871 kcal/day (stomach volume 119.7 l).

Dear Dr Pandey,

Could you please tell me if those data that you make available are published? And what kind of shark is it?

Thank you very much. Regards, Gustavo

Dear Xavier,

I also recommend this reading:

Body morphometrics, swimming diversity and niche in demersal sharks: a comparative case study from the Mediterranean Sea March 2010 Scientia Marina 74(1):37-53 DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2010.74n1037 LicenseCC BY 4.0