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Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)

Basking shark
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Basking shark, Basking shark, Reremai
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Most common between Cook Strait and Dunedin, either singly or in large groups. Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755). Also Ref. 247, 6885, 43278.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cox, G. and M. Francis, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Pèlerin, Peregrino, Акула гигантская, ... more

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii 板鳃亚纲 (鲨鱼与 鱼) (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) > Cetorhinidae (Basking sharks)
Etymology: Cetorhinus: cetus (L.), from ketos (Gr.) whale, referring to its size; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, alluding to a shark’s jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish);  maximus: Latin for greatest, being the largest known fish (i.e., non-mammalian aquatic vertebrate) at the time (superseded by Rhincodon typus). (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学

海洋; 海洋洄游的 (Ref. 51243); 深度上下限 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 26346), usually 0 - ? m (Ref. 55197).   溫帶; 6°C - 24°C (Ref. 88171); 75°N - 58°S, 111°E - 42°E (Ref. 84930)

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