Whale shark
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whale-shark-172-319542
title:
Whale shark
text:
The whale shark is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft). The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the most massive living non-cetacean animal. It is the sole member of the genus Rhincodon and the only extant member of the family Rhincodontidae, which belongs to the subclass Elasmobranchii in the class Chondrichthyes. Before 1984 it
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Largest living species of fish
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark
date created:
2003-07-30T15:24:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T14:33:53Z
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