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...
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smallest of the three extant filter-feeding sharks alongside the relatively larger whale shark and basking shark. According to Sharkman's World Organization...
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Lamniformes (redirect from Mackerel Shark)
Genus Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816 Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) (basking shark) [4] †Cetorhinus huddlestoni (Welton, 2014) †Cetorhinus piersoni (Welton...
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Zuiyo-maru carcass (category Individual sharks)
tissue later indicated it was most likely the carcass of a basking shark. Decomposing basking shark carcasses lose most of the lower head area and the dorsal...
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mode that occurs in only two other sharks, the megamouth shark and the basking shark. They feed almost exclusively on plankton and small fishes and pose...
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Cadborosaurus (section Basking shark)
include Conger eels, humpback whales, elephant seals, ribbon or oarfish, basking sharks, and sea lions. LeBlond and Blousfield state no known creature matches...
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thresher sharks form a monophyletic sister group to the clade containing the families Cetorhinidae (basking shark) and Lamnidae (mackerel sharks). The megamouth...
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Megalodon (redirect from Megalodon shark)
version of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) or the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). The most...
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Cetorhinus huddlestoni (category Prehistoric shark stubs)
Cetorhinus huddlestoni is extinct species of basking shark that lived in the Middle miocene period. Its fossils consist of juvenile specimens, represented...
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baleen whales, manta ray and three species of sharks—the whale shark, basking shark and megamouth shark). Some water birds such as flamingos and certain...
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regard the whale shark and the basking shark as trophy species, and pay $10,000 to $20,000 for a fin. The regulated global catch of sharks reported to the...
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New Brunswick shark may have been a misidentified basking shark, as the two have similar body shapes. The question of the Port Fairy shark was settled in...
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dogfish Basking shark Beige catshark Bigeye houndshark Bigeye sand tiger Bigeye thresher shark Bighead catshark Bighead spurdog Bignose shark Bigeyed...
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Retrieved 22 December 2014. "Basking Shark Project". Shark Trust. Retrieved 22 December 2014. "Whale Shark Project". Shark Trust. Archived from the original...
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2012-12-19. Sharks – Greenland (Somniosus microcephalus), Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), Blue Shark (Prionace glauca), Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)...
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Basking Sharks were a synthesiser band that formed in 1980 in Lancaster becoming a significant member of the scene in the city and going on to tour in...
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sharks. They include the goblin shark, basking shark, megamouth shark, the thresher sharks, shortfin and longfin mako sharks, and great white shark....
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Look up bask in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Basking may refer to: Basking in reflected glory, associating oneself with successful other such that...
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great white sharks, hammerhead sharks, reef sharks, megamouth shark, megalodon, basking sharks and whale sharks. To progress, the player must consume other...
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Cetorhinidae (category Shark families)
of filter feeding mackerel sharks, whose members are commonly known as basking sharks. It includes the extant basking shark, Cetorhinus, as well as two...
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and the third largest shark overall after the whale shark and the basking shark. Due to living in frigid depths, the sleeper shark's liver oil does not contain...
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large mackerel shark. It is commonly referred to as the mako shark, as is the longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus). The fastest known shark species, able...
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the largest extant sharks, the tiger shark ranks in average size only behind the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)...
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Fish vary greatly in size. The whale shark and basking shark exceed all other fish by a considerable margin in weight and length. Fish are a paraphyletic...
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The salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) is a species of mackerel shark found in the northern Pacific ocean. As an apex predator, the salmon shark feeds on salmon...
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The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), grey/gray nurse shark, spotted ragged-tooth shark or blue-nurse sand tiger, is a species of shark that inhabits...
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The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is a rare species of deep-sea shark. Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of...
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The longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, with a probable worldwide distribution in temperate and tropical...
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Isurus (redirect from Mako shark)
(meaning "equal tail") is a genus of mackerel sharks in the family Lamnidae, commonly known as the mako sharks. They are largely pelagic, and are fast, predatory...
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Megachasma (category Shark genera)
been made that it may belong in the family Cetorhinidae, of which the basking shark is currently the sole extant member. Megachasma is known from a single...
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