Whale Shark
Requin Baleine
Rhincodon Typus
< 12 cm
1 - 1000 m
Rare
Environment
Open sea
Indian Ocean, Tropical Atlantic, Tropical Pacific
Lifestyle and behavior
Solitary
Taxonomy
- LifeState of matter
- AnimalsKingdom
- ChordatesPhylum
- VertebratesSubphylum
- ElasmobranchsClass
- Sharks And RaysSubclass
- SharksInfraclass
- Galean SharksSuperorder
- Carpet SharksOrder
- Whale SharksFamily
- Whale SharksGenus