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Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes »  order Orectolobiformes - carpet sharks »  family Rhincodontidae - whale sharks »  genus Rhincodon

Scientific synonyms

Rhineodon typus Smith, 1828
Rhiniodon typus Smith, 1828
Rhicodon typus Smith, 1828
Rhinodon typus
Rhinodon pentalineatus Kishinouye, 1901
Micristodus punctatus Gill, 1865
Rhinodon typicus Müller & Henle, 1839
Rhinodon typicus Smith, 1845

Other names

= Basking Shark
= Tofu Sa
= Tofu Shark

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Endangered EN

Images

Rhincodon typus - Whale Shark

Author: Mgr. Viktor Vrbovský, DiS.

Rhincodon typus - Whale Shark

Author: Sander van der Molen

Rhincodon typus - Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus - Whale Shark

Author: Mgr. Viktor Vrbovský, DiS.

Rhincodon typus - Whale Shark

Author: Mgr. Viktor Vrbovský, DiS.

Rhincodon typus - Whale Shark

Author: Mgr. Viktor Vrbovský, DiS.

Rhincodon typus - Whale Shark

Author: Mgr. Viktor Vrbovský, DiS.

Rhincodon typus - Whale Shark

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Rhincodon typus - Whale Shark

Author: B. Kao
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Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [2081]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/23275]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/] [as Rhincodon typus]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [19488]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Australian Faunal Directory [8de73d05-82cb-480c-a921-19461e178add]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828]
Data retrieved on: 21 January 2015
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2001): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 1. Sliznatky (Myxini), mihule (Cephalaspidomorphi), paryby (Chondrichthyes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 53 pp. [as Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828]
Data retrieved on: 2 June 2013
EN Dyldin Y. V. (2015): Annotated checklist of the sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) from waters of Russia and adjacent areas, Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 43: 40-91 [as Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828]
Data retrieved on: 19 November 2015
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