Assertion: basking shark | /r/HasProperty | the largest fish
Facets:
value: like the whale shark
type: OTHER
value: in the water
type: LOCATION
value: in the north atlantic
type: LOCATION
value: next to whale fish
type: OTHER
value: in scotland
type: LOCATION
value: in the uk
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The basking shark is one of only three plankton-feeding shark species and is the largest fish in British waters.
text: The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the biggest fish in Scotland and the UK, and one of only three plankton eating (planktivore) sharks worldwide.
text: Although the basking shark is one of the largest in our world’s oceans, they are still facing threats of endangerment on the IUCN red list.
text: Next to whale fish, basking sharks are the largest creature in the water.
text: The basking shark is Britain’s largest fish, growing up to 11 metres long and weighing up to seven tonnes – about the size and weight of a double-decker bus!
text: Basking Shark vs. Whale Shark: The Oceans' Biggest Fish
text: Basking sharks are one of the largest fish in the sea, second only to whale sharks, and they can reach a maximum size of 45 feet (Miller and Lea 1972).
text: The Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the Britain’s largest fish and the world’s second largest fish, after the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), and like the whale shark, it too feeds on some of the smallest creatures in the ocean; plankton.
text: The basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) is the largest fish in the North Atlantic, and second largest in the world (beaten only by its slightly larger tropical cousin, the whale shark Rhincodon typus).
text: Basking sharks are the second largest shark in the world and the largest fish that is common to the waters of New England.