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  2. Basking shark - Wikipedia

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    The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, [4] after the whale shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, basking sharks reach 7.9 m (26 ft) in length.

  3. 40 Facts About Animals That Might Make You Look Like The ...

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    The basking shark is one of the ocean’s most fascinating creatures, known for its massive, open mouth that helps it filter plankton from the water. ... These remarkable sharks can live for up to ...

  4. List of fishes of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    The Lamniformes include some of the most familiar species of sharks, such as the great white shark. For this list, the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is of note, as it is the largest fish in Nordic waters, occasionally encountered on the Swedish west coast (Västergötland). As the finds have become more sparse in recent years it is now ...

  5. Cetorhinidae - Wikipedia

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    Cetorhinidae is a family of filter feeding mackerel sharks, whose members are commonly known as basking sharks. It includes the extant basking shark, Cetorhinus, ...

  6. Shark week: Map shows where biggest species are found in UK ...

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    They can grow up to 12ft (3.8m) long and are known to give birth to as many as 50 live pups in one litter. ... Basking shark. This 6-tonne behemoth is only outsized by one other fish, the whale ...

  7. Cruise ship passengers help rescue 'very rare' beached shark ...

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    The last sighting of a live basking shark was in 2012, although the species used to be "very common" in New Zealand waters during the mid-late 1990s. The basking shark is the second-largest fish ...

  8. List of largest fish - Wikipedia

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    These tropical, small sharks are noted for their broad head shape. The largest species is the Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) of Australasian waters, at up to 1.65 m (5.4 ft) long and weighing up to 20 kg (44 lb). [35] Mackerel sharks (Lamniformes) The dramatically large mouth of the basking shark, the second largest living fish

  9. Lamniformes - Wikipedia

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    The common name refers to its distinctive, thresher-like tail or caudal fin which can be as long as the body of the shark itself. Cetorhinidae: Basking sharks: 1 1 The basking shark is the second largest living fish, after the whale shark, and the second of three plankton-eating sharks, the other two being the whale shark and megamouth shark.