Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Rhincodontidae —whale shark .
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Examples
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If toothy predators such as great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are the pit bulls of the shark world, whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) have the temperament of Labrador retrievers.
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If toothy predators such as great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are the pit bulls of the shark world, whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) have the temperament of Labrador retrievers.
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The whale shark Rhincodon typus exists in the waters around Coiba National Park.
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection, Panama 2009
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Hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata (CR) are seen inshore and whale sharks Rhincodon typus and short-finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus, are seen offshore.
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Locally known as 'butanding,' the juvenile whale shark (Rhincodon typus) was found at 9: 30 a.m. on Monday by a
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The provincial fisheries office said the 15-feet-long whale shark (Rhincodon typus) was found by fisherman Bert Geqa near his banca in Barangay (village) Paligue here around 2 a.m.
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They include the giant grouper Epinephilus itajara (CR), and blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus (VU); the rare deep water ragged-tooth shark Odontaspis ferox, hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini, (300 individuals), nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum (VU), whale shark Rhincodon typus (VU: 1,000), whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus, Galapagos and ocean whitetip sharks Carcharhinus galapagensis and C. longimanus (VU).
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Giant Manta (Manta birostris) and Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus)) and swim through the water column with their mouths open picking up plankton.
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Citation: "An Unprecedented Aggregation of Whale Sharks, Rhincodon typus, in Mexican Coastal Waters of the Caribbean Sea."
Wired Top Stories Brandon Keim 2011
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Low Genetic Differentiation across Three Major Ocean Populations of the Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus
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