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Threatened Fishes of the World: Rhincodon typus (Smith 1828) (Rhincodontidae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2005
Common name: Whale shark (E), requin-ba- leine (Fr), tiburon ballena (Sp), squalo balena (I), butanding (Philippines), ebisuzame (Ja- pan), tofu shark (Taiwan). Conservation sta- tus: IUCN Red List VU A1b,d, A2d. CITES Appendix II since November 2002.
Brent S. Stewart, Steven G. Wilson
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Donsol: an important reproductive habitat for the world's largest fish Rhincodon typus?

Journal of Fish Biology, 2020
AbstractLittle is known about the reproductive ecology of the whale shark Rhincodon typus. On 15 March 2020, a free‐swimming neonate whale shark was found in the shallow, coastal waters of Donsol, Philippines. The total length of the male shark was 60 cm, falling within the species known size‐at‐birth.
Joni A. Miranda, Natasha Yates, Ariana Agustines, Nonie P. Enolva, Jessica Labaja, Christine Legaspi, Emer McCoy, Alessandro Ponzo, Sally Snow, Gonzalo Araujo   +9 more
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Evidence of continued hunting of whale sharks Rhincodon typus in the Maldives

Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2009
Superficial dermal wounds in whale sharks are reported to heal rapidly as with many other elasmobranchs. Here observations of two wounded whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in Maldivian waters suggest that free ranging sharks are able to recover and rapidly heal from the effects of deeper wounding on internal organs or amputations.
Morgan J. Riley, Adam Harman, Richard G. Rees   +2 more
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A review of behavioural ecology of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus)

Fisheries Research, 2007
Behavioural ecology of whale sharks is very incompletely known. Recent rapid development of whale shark-based ecotourism at several widespread localities risks deleterious impacts on the behaviour, habitat, and ecology of the target species. Available information on behavioural ecology of whale sharks is synthesised from the published literature ...
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The movement ecology of whale sharks Rhincodon typus in the Anthropocene ocean

2023
Human activities are driving global environmental changes that have led to the definition of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Human impacts on the world’s oceans are increasing rapidly and affecting the movements, distributions, behaviours and physiology of many mobile marine species.
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Population structure of a whale shark Rhincodon typus aggregation in the Red Sea

Journal of Fish Biology, 2016
The presence of whale sharks Rhincodon typus were recorded around Shib Habil, a small, coastal reef off the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, from 2010 to 2015. A total of 267 suitable photographs resulting in the identification of 136 individuals, were documented from 305 encounters.
Cochran, Jesse, Hardenstine, Royale, Braun, C. D., Skomal, G. B., Thorrold, S. R., Xu, K., Genton, Marc G., Berumen, Michael L.   +7 more
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OCCURRENCE OF THE WHALE SHARK, RHINCODON TYPUS SMITH 1828, IN CALIFORNIA WATERS

Northwestern Naturalist, 2004
David A Ebert
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Northernmost record of a whale shark Rhincodon typus from the Sea of Okhotsk

Journal of Fish Biology, 2014
The whale shark Rhincodon typus is the world's largest fish and it occurs in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate waters. Here, the northernmost record of R. typus is reported, when it was found in the Sea of Okhotsk for the first time. This occurrence can be explained by the unusually high sea surface temperature during the summer of 2012.
T, Tomita, T, Kawai, H, Matsubara, M, Kobayashi, S, Katakura   +4 more
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A preliminary study on the feasibility of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) ecotourism in Taiwan

Ocean & Coastal Management, 2013
Whale shark, the largest fish in the world, has been concerned by many environmental groups and has been included on the CITES Appendix II list since 2002. Taiwan has taken a series management measures on whale shark since 2000 including catch quota and size limit and has banned fishing since 2008 for effective management and conservation of this ...
Felicia A. Cruz, Shoou-Jeng Joung, Kwang-Ming Liu, Hua-Hsun Hsu, Tzu-Chi Hsieh   +4 more
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Embryos of the Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus: Early Growth and Size Distribution

Copeia, 1997
1828, when a 13.7-m immature male was harpooned by fishermen off Table Bay, South Africa. Andrew Smith described the species as Rhincodon typus (Steel, 1985). However, small whale sharks were unknown until 1953, when a 355-mm embryo was taken in the Gulf of Mexico (Baughman, 1955; Reid 1957; Garrick, 1964).
Wen-Been Chang, Ming-Yih Leu, Lee-Shing Fang   +2 more
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