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Basking Shark
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunner, 1765)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes »  order Lamniformes »  family Cetorhinidae - basking sharks

Scientific synonyms

Cetorhinus blainvillei Capello, 1869
Cetorhinus maccoyi (Barrett, 1933)
Cetorhinus maximus infanuncula Deinse & Adriani, 1953
Cetorhinus maximus normani (Siccardi, 1961)
Cetorhinus normani Siccardi, 1961
Cetorhinus rostratus (Macri, 1819)
Halsydrus maccoyi (Barrett, 1933)
Halsydrus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
Halsydrus pontoppidiani Neill, 1809
Hannovera aurata van Beneden, 1871

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Other names

= Bone Shark
= Elephant Shark
= Hoe-mother

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IUCN category:Vulnerable

Images

Cetorhinus maximus - Basking Shark

Author: Chris Gotschalk
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Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/5427] [as Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net]
Data retrieved on: 2010/01/17
EN ARKive [/basking-shark/cetorhinus-maximus/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
EN Australian Faunal Directory [as Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)]
Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [90]
Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [4292] [as Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [as Cetorhinus maximus]
OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/]
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