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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.
ORDER HEXANCHIFORMES. Family Chlamydoselachidae ... Genus Rhincodon A. Smith, 1828. Rhincodon typus A. Smith, 1828 (whale shark) Family Stegostomatidae (zebra sharks)
Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes / ɒ r ɛ k ˈ t ɒ l ə b ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /.Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (given because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets) is used interchangeably with "wobbegong", which is the common name of sharks in the family Orectolobidae.
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow moving filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species.It can grow up to 60 ft in length and can weigh up to 13.6 tonnes (15 short tons).
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1.7 Order Torpediniformes - electric rays. 1.7.1 Family Narkidae - sleeper rays. 1.8 Order Myliobatiformes ... Rhincodon typus: Order Lamniformes - mackerel sharks
Among living cartilaginous fish, only the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and the giant manta ray (Manta birostris), in that order, are on average larger and heavier.
The basking shark is the only extant member of the family Cetorhinidae, part of the mackerel shark order Lamniformes. Johan Ernst Gunnerus first described the species as Cetorhinus maximus, from a specimen found in Norway, naming it. The genus name Cetorhinus comes from the Greek ketos, meaning "marine monster" or "whale", and rhinos, meaning ...