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The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow moving filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species. It can grow up to 12.2 m. (40 ft.) in length and can weigh up to 13.6 tonnes (15 short tons). This distinctively-marked shark is the only member of its genus Rhincodon and its family,... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
Scientific Name: Rhincodon typus
Taxon Rank: Species
Higher Classification: Shark

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inhabited :
water and oceans.

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Flores Labuanbajo also attracts scuba divers, as whale sharks inhabit the waters around Labuanbajo.

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Whale shark The whale shark inhabits the world's tropical and warm-temperate oceans.

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filter and use.

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Whale shark The whale shark is a filter feeder — one of only three known filter feeding shark species (along with the basking shark and the megamouth shark).

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Physical characteristics of sharks Whale sharks feed using suction to take in large concentrations of plankton and small fishes.

visit in :
South China Sea and summer.

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Wild China In the tropical South China Sea, where coral reefs are under threat, whale sharks are rare visitors.

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Inhaca Island Whale sharks and Manta rays visit in summer.

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    Whale shark

    The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species. It can grow up to 12.2 m. (40 ft.) in length and can weigh up to 13.6 tonnes (15 short tons).
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    Shark

    Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) have been hypothesized to also live over 100 years. ... Whale shark eggs found are now thought to have been aborted.
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    Basking shark

    Unlike the megamouth shark and whale shark, the basking shark does not appear to actively seek its quarry, but it does possess large olfactory bulbs that may guide it in the right direction.
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    Street Sharks

    When he transforms into Slammu, he becomes a Whale shark.
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    Carpet sharks

    The upper lobe of the caudal fin tends to be mostly in line with the body, while the lower lobe is poorly developed, except in the case of the whale shark.
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    List of fishes of India

    Rhincodon typus (native) Whale shark , Whale shark
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    Jonah

    There is anecdotal evidence that the throats of many large whales, as well as possibly the whale shark, could accommodate passage of an adult human.
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    List of sharks

    Orectolobiformes: They are commonly referred to as the carpet sharks, including zebra sharks, nurse sharks, wobbegongs and the whale shark.
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    Whale (disambiguation)

    Whale shark, a fish
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    Georgia Aquarium

    The hall features two 10 x 28 foot (3 x 9 meter) windows into the exhibits housing the whale sharks and beluga whales. ... Tunnel to view whale shark exhibit

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