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- Basking_shark abstract "The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second largest living fish, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating sharks besides the whale shark and megamouth shark. It is a cosmopolitan migratory species, found in all the world's temperate oceans. It is a slow-moving filter feeder and has anatomical adaptations for filter feeding, such as a greatly enlarged mouth and highly developed gill rakers. Its snout is conical and the gill slits extend around the top and bottom of its head. The gill rakers, dark and bristle-like, are used to catch plankton as water filters through the mouth and over the gills. The basking shark is usually greyish-brown, with mottled skin. The caudal (tail) fin has a strong lateral keel and a crescent shape. The teeth of the basking shark are very small and numerous, and often number one hundred per row. The teeth have a single conical cusp, are curved backwards, and are the same on both the upper and lower jaws. Adults typically reach 6-8 m (20-26 ft.) in length.Basking sharks are believed to overwinter in deep waters. They may be found in either small schools or alone. Small schools in the Bay of Fundy and the Hebrides have been seen swimming nose to tail in circles in what may be a form of mating behaviour. Despite their large size and threatening appearance, basking sharks are not aggressive and are harmless to humans.It has long been a commercially important fish, as a source of food, shark fin, animal feed, and shark liver oil. Overexploitation has reduced its populations to the point where some have disappeared and others need protection.".
- Basking_shark binomialAuthority Johan_Ernst_Gunnerus.
- Basking_shark class Chondrichthyes.
- Basking_shark class Elasmobranchii.
- Basking_shark conservationStatus "VU".
- Basking_shark conservationStatusSystem "iucn3.1".
- Basking_shark kingdom Animal.
- Basking_shark order Lamniformes.
- Basking_shark order Shark.
- Basking_shark phylum Chordate.
- Basking_shark synonym "(* ambiguous synonym)".
- Basking_shark synonym "----".
- Basking_shark synonym "Cetorhinus blainvillei (Capello, 1869)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Cetorhinus maximus infanuncula (Deinse & Adriani, 1953)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Cetorhinus normani (Siccardi, 1961)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Halsydrus pontoppidiani* (Neill, 1809)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Hanovera aurata (van Beneden, 1871)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Polyprosopus macer (Couch, 1862)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Scoliophis atlanticus* (Anonymous, 1817)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Selachus pennantii (Cornish, 1885)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalis gunneri* (Blainville, 1816)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalis shavianus* (Blainville, 1816)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalus cetaceus (Gronow, 1854)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalus elephas (Lesueur, 1822)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalus gunnerianus (Blainville, 1810)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalus homianus (Blainville, 1810)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalus isodus (Macri, 1819)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalus pelegrinus (Blainville, 1810)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalus rashleighanus (Couch, 1838)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalus rhinoceros* (DeKay, 1842)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Squalus rostratus (Macri, 1819)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Tetraoras angiova* (Rafinesque, 1810)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Tetroras angiova* (Rafinesque, 1810)".
- Basking_shark synonym "Tetroras maccoyi (Barrett, 1933)".
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- Basking_shark wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animals_described_in_1765.
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- Basking_shark wikiPageWikiLink Convention_on_the_Conservation_of_Migratory_Species_of_Wild_Animals.
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- Basking_shark wikiPageWikiLink Globster.
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- Basking_shark wikiPageWikiLink Gunnerus.