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Categories: Taxa named by Johan Ernst Gunnerus, long volume value, Cetorhinidae, IUCN Red List endangered species, Fish described in 1765

basking shark Cetorhinus maximus Baskin shark basking sharks bone shark

Large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface WordNet 3.0

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Large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The basking shark is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Wikipedia

Cetorhinus maximus, is the second largest living fish, after the whale shark Wikipedia Disambiguation

The basking shark, the second largest living shark species Wikipedia Disambiguation

The second largest living fish in the world Wikidata

A very large shark, Cetorhinus maximus, that feeds at or close to the surface by filtering plankton from the water and is found in all the world's temperate oceans. Wiktionary

Cetorhinus maximus. Wiktionary (translation)

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mackerel shark

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Cetorhinus

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endangered species

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Cetorhinus

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