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Selache maxima (Gunnerus, 1765) 
AphiaID: 148867

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Lamniformes (Order) > Cetorhinidae (Family) > Selache (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Following synonymy of Squalus maximus)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
Rank Species
Parent Selache Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816
Sources  original description: Gunnerus, J.E. 1765. Brugden (Squalus maximus), Beskrvenen ved J. E. Gunnerus. Det Trondhiemske Selskabs Skerifter v. 3: 33-49, Pl. 2. [details]

basis of record: Gilson, G. (1921). Les poissons d'Ostende [The fishes of Ostend]. Société Anonyme belge d'Imprimerie: Bruxelles, Belgium. 110 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch reuzenhaai  [details]
English basking shark  [details]
French squale pèlerin  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (266 publications)
To FishBase
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148867
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-03-29 13:34:27Z  created  Claus, Simon
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Selache maxima (Gunnerus, 1765). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148867 on 2013-05-22
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