Assertion: whale shark | /r/HasProperty | rhincodon typus
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value: scientifically
type: MANNER
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text: The largest shark and the largest fish in the world is the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), which is believed to reach a maximum length of 65 feet.
text: Scientifically known as Rhincodon typus, the whale shark is the only surviving member of the Rhincodontidae.
text: Another famous migrant is the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), which goes to specific areas to spawn in corals.
text: They range in size from the small dwarf lanternshark (Etmopterus perryi), a deep sea species of only 17 centimetres (6.7 in) in length, to the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), the largest fish in the world, which reaches approximately 12 metres (40 ft) in length.
text: • The largest shark is the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), which can grow to 60 feet (20 meters) long.
text: Sharks include species from the very small pygmy shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), a deep sea species of only 22 centimetres in length, to the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), the largest fish, which grows to a length of approximately 12 metres (39.36 feet) and which, like the great whales, feeds only on plankton through filter feeding (straining suspended matter and food particles from water).
text: Even larger is the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), which reaches 32 feet (9.7 m).
text: Among living cartilaginous fish, only the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and the giant manta ray (Manta birostris), in that order, are on average larger and heavier.
text: Famous species such as the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) are Vulnerable although the size of the latter and the ferocity of the first are striking.
text: Among the largest extant sharks, the tiger shark ranks in average size only behind the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), and the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
text: The two smallest carpet shark families are composed of just one species each: Stegostomatidae contains the zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum), and Rhincodontidae contains the whale shark (Rhincodon typus).
text: The whale shark (Rhincodon typus), is a slow filter feeding (animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water) shark that is the largest living fish species, reaching up to 18 metres in length.
text: The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish and shark in the world.
text: The largest confirmed whale shark (Rhincodon typus) was 41.5 feet long and weighed about 21.5 tons.
text: Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) is a filter-feeder species of sharks.
text: The Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), is a large filter feeding shark, and is the largest shark in the world, reaching lengths of up to 12 metres long, and weighing as much as 47, 000 pounds.
text: They range in size from the small dwarf lanternshark (Etmopterus perryi), a deep sea species of only 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in length, to the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) [photo below], the largest fish in the world, which reaches approximately 12 meters (40 feet) in length.
text: These include the whale shark (Rhincodon Typus), the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios).
text: The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) and the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), both of which may weigh several tons, are harmless giants that subsist on plankton strained from the sea through modified gill rakers.
text: Whale shark (Rhincodon typus).
text: Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) may also live over 100 years.
text: Whale shark , (Rhincodon typus), gigantic but harmless shark (family Rhincodontidae) that is the largest living fish .
text: Whale shark (Rhincodon typus).
text: Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the biggest sharks in the world and the largest of all fish.
text: Whale shark (Rhincodon typus).