Location: Isla Holbox, Mexico
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
Whale Shark
Category: Whale Sharks
Scientific Name: Rhincodon typus
Size: Up to 50 ft. (15 m)
Depth: 0-500 ft. (0-152 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Elasmobranchii (Class)
└Selachii (Infraclass)
└Orectolobiformes (Order)
└Rhincodontidae (Family)
└Rhincodon (Genus)
└R. typus (Species)
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