Rhincodon typus Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus is commonly referred to as Whale Shark. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 7500000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3423 

AphiaID:

105847 

Scientific:

Rhincodon typus 

German:

Walhai 

English:

Whale Shark 

Category:

Rekiny 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Orectolobiformes (Order) > Rhincodontidae (Family) > Rhincodon (Genus) > typus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Smith, 1828 

Occurrence:

Suriname, El Salvador, Gambia, Sudan, Benin, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Eritrea, Hong Kong, Djibouti, Barbados, Kuwait, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), (the) Maldives, Admiralty Islands, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Australia, Azores, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Island, Central Atlantic, Central Pazific, Chile, China, Christmas Islands, Clipperton Island, Columbia, Comores, Congo, Cook Islands, Corea, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Johnston Atoll, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Melanesia, Mexico (East Pacific), Micronesia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Quatar, Réunion , Revillagigedo Islands, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cayman Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands Antilles, the Seychelles, Timor, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uruguay, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 1928 Meter 

Size:

472.44" - 708.66" (1200cm - 1800cm) 

Weight:

34 Tonnen 

Temperature:

69.8 °F - 82.4 °F (21°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Copepods, Coral spawn, Crustaceans, Filter feeder, Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Jackfish, Jellyfish, Kelp, Seaweed, Krill, Mysis, Sardines, Sepia, Tuna, Zooplankton 

Tank:

1649838.32 gal (~ 7500000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Endangered (EN) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Rhincodon typus
  Walhai

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-12-09 02:58:55 

Last edit:

2022-07-27 23:05:39 

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