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The English name ‘white shark’ and its Australian variant ‘white pointer’^[21] is thought to have come from the shark’s stark white underside, a characteristic feature most noticeable in beached sharks lying upside down with their bellies exposed.^[22] Colloquial use favours the name ‘great white shark’, perhaps because ‘great’ stresses the size and prowess of the species.^[23] Most scientists prefer ‘white shark’, perhaps because there is no extant ‘lesser white shark’ species.^[23] Some use ‘white shark’ to refer to all members of the Lamnidae.