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The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second largest living fish, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating sharks besides the whale shark and megamouth shark. It is a cosmopolitan migratory species, found in all the world's temperate oceans. It is a slow-moving filter feeder and has anatomical adaptations for filter feeding, such as a greatly enlarged mouth and highly developed gill rakers.

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  • The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second largest living fish, after the whale shark, and one of three plankton-eating sharks besides the whale shark and megamouth shark. It is a cosmopolitan migratory species, found in all the world's temperate oceans. It is a slow-moving filter feeder and has anatomical adaptations for filter feeding, such as a greatly enlarged mouth and highly developed gill rakers.
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  • Basking shark
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  • (* ambiguous synonym)
  • Cetorhinus blainvillei (Capello, 1869)
  • Cetorhinus normani (Siccardi, 1961)
  • Halsydrus pontoppidiani* (Neill, 1809)
  • Hanovera aurata (van Beneden, 1871)
  • Polyprosopus macer (Couch, 1862)
  • Scoliophis atlanticus* (Anonymous, 1817)
  • Selachus pennantii (Cornish, 1885)
  • Squalis gunneri* (Blainville, 1816)
  • Squalis shavianus* (Blainville, 1816)
  • Squalus cetaceus (Gronow, 1854)
  • Squalus elephas (Lesueur, 1822)
  • Squalus gunnerianus (Blainville, 1810)
  • Squalus homianus (Blainville, 1810)
  • Squalus isodus (Macri, 1819)
  • Squalus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
  • Squalus pelegrinus (Blainville, 1810)
  • Squalus rashleighanus (Couch, 1838)
  • Squalus rhinoceros* (DeKay, 1842)
  • Squalus rostratus (Macri, 1819)
  • Tetraoras angiova* (Rafinesque, 1810)
  • Tetroras angiova* (Rafinesque, 1810)
  • Tetroras maccoyi (Barrett, 1933)
  • Cetorhinus maximus infanuncula (Deinse & Adriani, 1953)
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