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The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft). [8] The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the most massive living non-cetacean animal.
Shark Anatomy (50693674756) The gill slits of a whale shark flaring as it expels water from its pharyngeal cavity. In the shark anatomy image, it depicts the beginning half of the shark, including the gills. The shark gills are especially important and were evolved from the chordate pharyngeal gill slits synapomorphy.
Rhincodontidae is a shark family which includes the whale shark, the sole extant member and the largest living fish. A single extinct genus, Palaeorhincodon , is known from the Paleocene as well. [ 1 ]
The whale shark is the largest species in this order, reaching up to 20 meters long when fully mature. [50] No other species in the order even approaches this size. The next largest species is the nurse shark ( Ginglymostoma cirratum ), which can grow up to 4.3 m (14 ft) across the disk and weighing more than 350 kg (770 lb).
• Evidence from mainly male whale sharks suggests that they are sexually mature at around 8-9 m in length (9 m shown here). Females might mature at a similar size or larger. [3] [4] [5] In 2020, it was shown that whale sharks are sexually dimorphic regarding body size, with males reaching smaller sizes than females. Meekan et al. (2020 ...
A great white shark paid San Luis Obispo County whale watchers an unexpectedly jaw-some visit this weekend. On Saturday, boat tour charter SLO Tours shared a video of a great white bumping its ...
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A whale shark was spotted feeding on plankton by two fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, May 29.Brad Ward started recording the video after noticing “a giant fin” breaching the surface ...