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WoRMS taxon details
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828
AphiaID: 105847
AphiaID: 105847
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Orectolobiformes (Order) > Rhincodontidae (Family) > Rhincodon (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of | Rhincodon Smith, 1829 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Rhincodon Smith, 1829 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Micristodus punctatus Gill, 1865 Rhicodon typus Smith, 1828 (misspelling) Rhineodon typus Smith, 1828 (misspelling) Rhiniodon typus (Smith, 1828) Rhinodon pentalineatus Kishinouye, 1901 Rhinodon typicus Müller & Henle, 1839 Rhinodon typicus Smith, 1845 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces - Chondrichthyes, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 358-360 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p. [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra (from synonym) [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea (from synonym) [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 34 [details] FAO fishing area 47 [details] FAO fishing area 51 [details] FAO fishing area 57 [details] FAO fishing area 61 [details] FAO fishing area 71 [details] FAO fishing area 77 [details] FAO fishing area 81 [details] FAO fishing area 87 [details] Kenya (from synonym) [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] Reunion (from synonym) [details] Rodriguez (from synonym) [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Primarily pelagic, but may enter atoll lagoons or swim above reef slopes, also found in coastal areas. Highly migratory. Forms schools and often associated with groups of pelagic fishes. Feeds on plankton, pelagic crustaceans, baitfish, squid, and tuna. Possibly to 2100 cm. (Ref. 5578). Temp. range: 21-25°C; salinity 34-34.5 ppt. Can bump boats but are more often assaulted by humans as they bask in the surface. World's largest fish. Edible and utilized dried-salted (Ref. 9987). [details] Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas. Western Atlantic: New York, USA through the Caribbean to central Brazil. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828. In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105847 on 2010-02-09 | |||||||||||
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