Name - Rhincodon typus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:586432 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Rhincodon typus Smith

• Rhincodon typus Smith 1829

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Species

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Chafing behaviour from two carcharhinid shark species Carcharhinus falciformis and C. galapagensis on whale sharks Rhincodon typus.
• Links between the three-dimensional movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and the bio-physical environment off a coral reef.
• Whale sharks as oceanic nurseries for Golden Trevally.
• New evidence of grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) displaying chafing behaviors on whale shark (Rhincodon typus) individuals in the Maldives.
• Development of single-pin, un-barbed, pole-tagging of free-swimming dolphins and sharks with satellite-linked transmitters.

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