Description
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Reference |
IB0090 |
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Category |
Sharks and Rays |
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Family Name |
Basking Shark - CETORHINIDAE |
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Common Name |
Basking Shark swimming |
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Scientific Name |
Cetorhinus maximus |
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Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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Notes |
Basking Sharks can reach more than 10 m in length. A passive filter feeder, it swims slowly with mouth wide open, snaring plankton on its hair-like gill-rakers. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia
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