Rhincodon typus

SJ Pierce, B Norman - Rhincodon typus: Pierce, SJ …, 2016 - researchportal.murdoch.edu.au
The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), the world’s largest living fish, is a cosmopolitan tropical
and warm temperate species. Genetic results indicate that two major subpopulations exist, …

A review of the biology, fisheries and conservation of the whale shark Rhincodon typus

D Rowat, KS Brooks - Journal of fish biology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although the whale shark Rhincodon typus is the largest extant fish, it was not described
until 1828 and by 1986 there were only 320 records of this species. Since then, growth in …

Inferred global connectivity of whale shark Rhincodon typus populations

AMM Sequeira, C Mellin, MG Meekan… - Journal of Fish …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
typus migratory behaviour is central to its conservation management considering the …
typus are part of a single, global meta-population. Rhincodon typus occurrence timings and …

A review of behavioural ecology of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus)

RA Martin - Fisheries Research, 2007 - Elsevier
Behavioural ecology of whale sharks is very incompletely known. Recent rapid development
of whale shark-based ecotourism at several widespread localities risks deleterious impacts …

Population genetic structure of Earth's largest fish, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

ALF Castro, BS Stewart, SG Wilson… - Molecular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… To assess the population structure of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), we sequenced
complete mitochondrial DNA control regions from individuals collected across a global distribution…

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) biology and ecology: a review of the primary literature

JD Stevens - Fisheries Research, 2007 - Elsevier
In the 160 years since Andrew Smith described the whale shark in 1828, two people devoted
much of their scientific lives to whale sharks. This period of research mainly comprised …

An astronomical pattern‐matching algorithm for computer‐aided identification of whale sharks Rhincodon typus

Z Arzoumanian, J Holmberg… - Journal of Applied …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… We describe a novel technique for identifying individual whale sharks Rhincodon typus
through numerical pattern matching of their natural surface ‘spot’ colourations. Together with …

Movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) tagged at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

SG Wilson, JJ Polovina, BS Stewart, MG Meekan - Marine Biology, 2006 - Springer
Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus Smith) aggregate seasonally (March–June) to feed in coastal
waters off Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Pop-up archival tags were attached to 19 …

Population size and structure of whale sharks Rhincodon typus at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

MG Meekan, CJA Bradshaw, M Press… - Marine Ecology …, 2006 - int-res.com
We used photo-identification to produce estimates of population size and structure of whale
sharks Rhincodon typus at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. We analysed photographs of …

Whale sharks Rhincodon typus aggregate to feed on fish spawn in Belize

WD Heyman, RT Graham, B Kjerfve… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2001 - int-res.com
This study confirms reports by fishermen of a large and predictable aggregation of whale
sharks Rhincodon typus along the Belize Barrier Reef. Although whale sharks are rarely …