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Encyclopedia: Whale shark

The species was first identified in April 1828 following the harpooning of a 4.6 metres (15 ft) specimen in Table Bay, South Africa. It was described the following year by Andrew Smith, a military doctor associated with British troops stationed in Cape Town. He proceeded to publish a more detailed description of the species in 1849. The name "whale shark" comes from the fish's physiology; that is, a shark as large as a whale that shares a similar filter feeder eating mode.

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How to say "Whale shark" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	鯨鯊
	(Japanese)	ジンベエザメ
	(German)	Walhai
	(Spanish)	Rhincodon typus
	(French)	Requin baleine
	(Italian)	Rhincodontidae

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Carpet shark

) Ginglymostomatidae (nurse sharks) Stegostomatidae (zebra shark) Rhincodontidae (whale shark) The... patterned markings, includes a number of familiar types of sharks, such as the nurse sharks and whale... lower lobe is poorly developed, except in the case of the whale shark. While many in the order are...

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Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park

, Snappers, Green turtle, Hawksbill turtle and Dolphins. Humpback whales and Whale sharks are seasonal...

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Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan

of Life areas of the Pacific Ocean. The largest tank holds 5,400 tonnes of water and houses whale sharks...

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Megalodon

whale sharks or other large creatures. Megalodon teeth have, however, been discovered that date as... Megalodon or Megatooth shark ( Carcharodon megalodon (from ancient Greek, mega + odon, lit. "big tooth") was a giant shark which lived between 5 million and 1.6 million years ago. The Megalodon is...

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Megamouth Shark

2004. Like the basking shark and whale shark, it is a filter feeder, consuming plankton and jellyfish... Megamouth shark Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class... Binomial name Megachasma pelagios The megamouth shark ( Megachasma pelagios ) is an extremely...

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Fish

Chondrichthyes, 800 species including sharks and rays), with the remainder classed as bony fishes (class Osteichthyes). Fishes come in different sizes, from the 14-meter (45 ft) whale shark to a 8-mm (3/8 inch..., strictly speaking, poikilothermic. The Great White Shark is the only known truly endothermic (warm-blooded...

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Basking Shark

, after the Whale Shark. A cosmopolitan species, Basking Sharks are found in all the world's temperate... Shark and Whale Shark, Basking Sharks do not appear to actively seek their quarry, but do possess... Basking Shark Status: Vulnerable Scientific classification Kingdom...

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Shark

shark , a deep sea species, to the whale shark, the largest fish (although sharks are not closely... the great whales, feeds only on plankton. The bull shark is a unique species in that it can swim in... largest of all fishes, the whale shark. Carcharhiniformes: They are commonly referred to as the...

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Chondrichthyes

sharks, wobbegongs and the largest of all fishes, the whale sharks. They are distinguished by having... are jawed fish and consist of several orders: Subclass Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) The orders... etc.) Pristiformes (Sawfishes) Torpediniformes (electric rays) The orders of sharks...

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Diving locations

Africa Sodwana Bay - sharks and other tropical marine life Sudan Red Sea - fantastic tropical... Australasia Australia Coral sea - Better than Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef Ningaloo Reef - Whale shark early in the year. Fiji India Andaman Islands - many large fish due to isolated islands...

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