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Basking shark

The 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, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, basking sharks reach 7.9 m (26 ft) in length, but large individuals have been known to grow more than 10 m (33 ft) long. It is usually…

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Surfacing behaviors

ChumBreachCommensalsIntraspecificThreat displays
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Taxonomy

ExtantCetorhinidaeLamniformesJohan Ernst GunnerusNorway
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Anatomy and appearance

FodBay of FundyGreat white sharksGillCaudal peduncle
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Importance to humans

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Basking shark

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Basking shark

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related to Taxonomy · 25
Basking shark → Antonius Boudewijn Deinse, Brito Capello, Cetorhinidae, Cetorhinus, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Charles John Cornish, Dutch, Felix Antonio, Following, Greek, In Orkney, Italian, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Jonathan Couch, Lamniformes, Latin, Laurens Theodorus Gronovius, Marcus Jan Adriani, Norway, Portuguese
related to External links · 22
Basking shark → August, Basking, Basking Shark ProjectBBC Wildlife, Basking SharkFisheries, BBC, CanadaBasking Sharks, Cetorhinus, Check123, Finder, Isle, Jan, Man Archived, Oceans Canada, RNZ Critter, Sealife CollectionBasking, September, Shark, Video Archived, Video Encyclopedia, Wayback Machine
related to Importance to humans · 21
Basking shark → Among, Annex, As, Atlantic, Chinese, CITES, CMS Migratory Sharks Memorandum, Commercially, European Union, Historically, It, Japan, March, Mexican Gulf, New Zealand, Norway, Parts, Since, Understanding, United Kingdom
related to Conservation · 17
Basking shark → Aside, Atmospheric Administration, Conservation, Department, Endangered Species Act, ESA, Government's National Oceanic, In June, In New Zealand, Management, National Marine Fisheries Service, Nationally Vulnerable, New Zealand Threat Classification, Pacific Ocean, System, The, Threatened
related to Anatomy and appearance · 10
Basking shark → Bay, Canada, Fundy, Great, Historical, In, It, Its, The, They
related to Diet · 8
Basking shark → Basking, Calanus, Oithona, Pseudocalanus, Samples, The, They, Unlike
related to Migration · 8
Basking shark → Amazon River, Argos, Brazil, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, One, Remaining, They
related to Predators · 7
Basking shark → Basking, California, Killer, Lampreys, New Zealand, US, White
related to Reproduction · 6
Basking shark → Basking, Gestation, In, Mating, Only, Their
related to Social behaviour · 6
Basking shark → Basking, Bay, Fundy, Hebrides, Small, They

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basking shark sharks species ft gill one large water zooplankton individuals found small fish cetorhinus often waters fin mouth maximus

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Basking sharkis acosmopolitan migratory species found in all the world's temperate oceans0.90text
Basking sharkis aonly extant member of the family Cetorhinidae0.90text
Basking sharkis acoastal-pelagic shark found worldwide in boreal to warm-temperate waters0.90text
Basking sharkis aram feeder0.90text
whalesinstance ofbreaching in large marine animals0.80text
sharks might equally well be intraspecific threat displays of sizeinstance ofbreaching in large marine animals0.80text
strength.MigrationArgos system satellite tagging of 20 basking sharks in 2003 confirmed basking sharks move thousands of kilometres during the summerinstance ofbreaching in large marine animals0.80text
winterinstance ofbreaching in large marine animals0.80text
seeking the richest zooplankton patchesinstance ofbreaching in large marine animals0.80text
often along ocean frontsinstance ofbreaching in large marine animals0.80text
Basking sharkrelated to Anatomy and appearanceThe0.60section
Basking sharkrelated to Anatomy and appearanceHistorical0.60section

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