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- Whale_shark abstract "The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving filter feeding shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 12.65 m (41.50 ft) and a weight of more than 21.5 metric tons (47,000 lb), and unconfirmed reports of considerably larger whale sharks exist. Claims of individuals over 14 m (46 ft) long and weighing at least 30 mt (66,000 lb) are not uncommon. The whale shark holds many records for sheer size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the largest living nonmammalian vertebrate, rivalling many of the largest dinosaurs in weight. It is the sole member of the genus Rhincodon and the family, Rhincodontidae (called Rhiniodon and Rhinodontidae before 1984), which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The species originated about 60 million years ago.The whale shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea, with a lifespan of about 70 years. Whale sharks have very large mouths, and as filter feeders, they feed mainly on plankton. The BBC program Planet Earth filmed a whale shark feeding on a school of small fish. The same documentary showed footage of a whale shark timing its arrival to coincide with the mass spawning of fish shoals and feeding on the resultant clouds of eggs and sperm.The species was distinguished in April 1828 after the harpooning of a 4.6-m-long specimen in Table Bay, South Africa. Andrew Smith, a military doctor associated with British troops stationed in Cape Town, described it the following year. The name "whale shark" comes from the fish's size, being as large as some species of whales and also a filter feeder like baleen whales.".
- Whale_shark binomialAuthority Andrew_Smith_(zoologist).
- Whale_shark class Chondrichthyes.
- Whale_shark class Elasmobranchii.
- Whale_shark conservationStatus "VU".
- Whale_shark conservationStatusSystem "iucn3.1".
- Whale_shark kingdom Animal.
- Whale_shark order Carpet_shark.
- Whale_shark phylum Chordate.
- Whale_shark synonym "*Micristodus punctatus (Gill, 1865)".
- Whale_shark synonym "*Rhineodon (Denison, 1937)".
- Whale_shark synonym "*Rhiniodon typus (A. Smith, 1828)".
- Whale_shark synonym "*Rhinodon pentalineatus (Kishinouye, 1901)".
- Whale_shark synonym "*Rhinodon typicus (Müller & Henle, 1839)".
- Whale_shark thumbnail Whale_shark_Georgia_aquarium.jpg?width=300.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink whale-shark.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink marinemegafauna.org.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink 7727136.stm.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink catch-of-the-day-massive-whale-shark-caught.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink albino-whale-shark-photographed-in-ecuador.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink en.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink www.maldiveswhalesharkresearch.org.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink index.php?cID=430&pID=1616.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink www.whaleshark.org.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink www.whalesharkproject.org.
- Whale_shark wikiPageExternalLink www.wsorc.org.
- Whale_shark wikiPageID "284899".
- Whale_shark wikiPageRevisionID "606423376".
- Whale_shark accessdate "2005-11-16".
- Whale_shark binomial "Rhincodon typus".
- Whale_shark binomialAuthority "A. Smith, 1829".
- Whale_shark classis Chondrichthyes.
- Whale_shark familia "Rhincodontidae".
- Whale_shark familiaAuthority "J. P. Müller and Henle, 1839".
- Whale_shark genus "Rhincodon".
- Whale_shark genusAuthority "A. Smith, 1829".
- Whale_shark hasPhotoCollection Whale_shark.
- Whale_shark id "159857".
- Whale_shark id "47".
- Whale_shark image "Whaleshark scale.jpg".
- Whale_shark image2Caption "Size compared to an average human".
- Whale_shark image2Width "250".
- Whale_shark imageCaption "Whale shark from Taiwan in the Georgia Aquarium".
- Whale_shark imageWidth "250".
- Whale_shark iucnid "19488".
- Whale_shark month "November".
- Whale_shark name "Whale shark".
- Whale_shark name "Whale shark, Rhincodon typus".
- Whale_shark ordo Carpet_shark.
- Whale_shark phylum Chordate.
- Whale_shark rangeMap "Cypron-Range Rhincodon typus.svg".
- Whale_shark rangeMapCaption "Range of whale shark".
- Whale_shark rangeMapWidth "250".
- Whale_shark regnum "Animalia".
- Whale_shark species "R. typus".
- Whale_shark species "typus".
- Whale_shark status "VU".
- Whale_shark statusSystem "iucn3.1".
- Whale_shark subclassis Elasmobranchii.
- Whale_shark synonyms "*Micristodus punctatus (Gill, 1865) *Rhineodon (Denison, 1937) *Rhiniodon typus (A. Smith, 1828) *Rhinodon pentalineatus (Kishinouye, 1901) *Rhinodon typicus (Müller & Henle, 1839)".
- Whale_shark taxon "Rhincodon typus".
- Whale_shark trend "down".
- Whale_shark type "fish".
- Whale_shark year "2004".
- Whale_shark subject Category:Animals_described_in_1828.
- Whale_shark subject Category:Fauna_of_the_Indian_Ocean.
- Whale_shark subject Category:Fish_of_Hawaii.
- Whale_shark subject Category:Fish_of_Israel.
- Whale_shark subject Category:Fish_of_Malaysia.
- Whale_shark subject Category:Fish_of_the_Philippines.
- Whale_shark subject Category:Megafauna.
- Whale_shark subject Category:Monotypic_fish_genera.
- Whale_shark subject Category:Ovoviviparous_fish.
- Whale_shark subject Category:Rhincodontidae.
- Whale_shark subject Category:Saltwater_fish_of_Florida.
- Whale_shark type Animal.
- Whale_shark type Eukaryote.
- Whale_shark type Fish.
- Whale_shark type Species.
- Whale_shark type Animal.
- Whale_shark type BiologicalLivingObject.
- Whale_shark type EukaryoticCell.
- Whale_shark type Fish.
- Whale_shark type Organism.
- Whale_shark comment "The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving filter feeding shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 12.65 m (41.50 ft) and a weight of more than 21.5 metric tons (47,000 lb), and unconfirmed reports of considerably larger whale sharks exist. Claims of individuals over 14 m (46 ft) long and weighing at least 30 mt (66,000 lb) are not uncommon.".
- Whale_shark label "Rekin wielorybi".
- Whale_shark label "Requin-baleine".
- Whale_shark label "Rhincodon typus".
- Whale_shark label "Rhincodon typus".
- Whale_shark label "Tubarão-baleia".
- Whale_shark label "Walhai".
- Whale_shark label "Walvishaai".
- Whale_shark label "Whale shark".
- Whale_shark label "Китовая акула".
- Whale_shark label "قرش الحوت".
- Whale_shark label "ジンベエザメ".
- Whale_shark label "鯨鯊".
- Whale_shark sameAs Žralok_obrovský.
- Whale_shark sameAs Walhai.
- Whale_shark sameAs Rhicodon_typus.