- The
whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding ****
shark and the
largest known extant fish species. The
largest confirmed individual...
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basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest
living shark and fish,
after the
whale shark. It is one of
three plankton-eating
shark species...
- deep sea
species that is only 17
centimetres (6.7 in) in length, to the
whale shark (Rhincodon typus), the
largest fish in the world,
which reaches approximately...
- "White
shark's diet may
include biggest fish of all:
whale shark". New Scientist. Moore, G. I.; Newbrey, M. G. (2015). "
Whale shark on a
white shark's menu"...
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diversity of
baleen whales and a
shift in
their distribution toward polar regions may have
reduced megalodon's
primary food source. The
shark's extinction coincides...
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smallest of the
three extant filter-feeding
sharks alongside the
relatively larger whale shark and
basking shark.
Since its
discovery in 1976,
fewer than...
-
specimens include whale sharks,
beluga whales,
California sea lions,
bottlenose dolphins,
manta rays, sea otters, and
tiger sharks. Its
centerpiece is...
-
sleeper sharks. New
species have been discovered,
including some
potentially specializing in
whale falls. It has been
postulated that
whale falls generate...
- ****
shark (Parascyllium variolatum), the
zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum), and the
ornate wobbegong (Orectolobus ornatus).
Nurse sharks and
whale sharks...
- the
largest extant sharks, the
tiger shark ranks in
average size only
behind the
whale shark (Rhincodon typus), the
basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)...