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Whaleshark - Rhincodon typus
Saw 2 of this Whale Sharks at the same dive site for 3 dives, it was an amazing encounter but at the same time sad because both Whale Sharks looks unhealthy and were badly infected by parasitic Copepod - Pandarus rhincodonicus, which is mostly known and associated to the Whale Shark with its name deriving from 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
