Whale shark

Scientific name: Rhincodon typus

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0019

Sign in to save it to your favourites Ask Ahmad about it

Image of Whale shark — Drag to turn the creature

Report a problem with the image

Body

Body form

The whale shark is the largest fish: its maximum recorded length is about 17 m for males and 20 m for females, and its maximum recorded weight is 34 tonnes. Its maximum recorded age is 80 years.

Evidence: SRC-183Statement code: CLM-ENT0019-R29-02

Sources (1)

Sources

1FishBase — Rhincodon typus / Whale sharkSRC-183

Noticed a mistake in this section?

Ahmad reads the approved sentences themselves, nothing more.

In NAKTASHIF worlds:Marine and coastal habitats

Sources

1FishBase — Rhincodon typus / Whale sharkSRC-183
2World Register of Marine SpeciesSRC-009
3FishBaseSRC-010
4Robinson et al. 2013 — Whale sharks aggregate around offshore platforms in Qatari waters of the Arabian GulfSRC-180
5Cochran et al. 2019 — Whale shark residency, distribution and dispersal in the Red SeaSRC-142
6GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828SRC-165
7Countries where Rhincodon typus is foundSRC-347
8Cochran et al. 2016 — Population structure of a whale shark aggregation in the Red SeaSRC-141
9IUCN Red ListSRC-004