Whale Shark, the spirit of deep water

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

hi Andrey, can you identify this specie? Is it a whale shark? Posted 13 years ago
1. Andrey Narchuk
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  Yes! It's whale shark) Posted 13 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thank you. Sorry was going over the photos you uploaded but did not realize you were editing them at the same time :) Thanks for identifying them! Posted 13 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

This must be a very imposing situation, photographing this shark. Your pictures have true greatness I.m.o. Posted 13 years ago

The Whale shark

The whale shark, ''Rhincodon typus'', is a slow-moving filter feeding shark and the largest extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 12.65 metres and a weight of more than 21.5 tonnes , and there are unconfirmed reports of considerably larger whale sharks. This distinctively-marked fish is the only member of its genus ''Rhincodon'' and its family, Rhincodontidae , which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. The species originated about 60.. more

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Similar species: Carpet Sharks

Species identified by Ludo Sak