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Satellite tracking of juvenile whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Northwestern Pacific

Fisheries Research, 2007
Abstract Four juvenile whale sharks, Rhincodon typus were tagged using smart position and temperature transmitting (SPOT2) satellite tags (Wildlife Computers Ltd.) during 2002 and 2004. Transmissions from three males (4.0–4.5 m total length) were successfully received via the Argos satellite system.
Hua-Hsun Hsu, Shoou-Jeng Joung, Yih-Yia Liao, Kwang-Ming Liu   +3 more
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Aggregations of juvenile whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti

Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2006
A total of 23 whale sharks were identified over a 5 d period in the Arta Bay region of the Gulf of Tadjora, Djibouti. Most of the sharks aggregating in this area were small (
D. Rowat, M. G. Meekan, U. Engelhardt, B. Pardigon, M. Vely   +4 more
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Age and growth of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the north-western Pacific

Marine and Freshwater Research, 2014
This study estimated age and growth of the largest extant fish, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) by counting vertebral band pairs from 92 specimens comprising 43 males (2.68–9.88 m total length [TL]), 30 females (1.60–7.02 m TL), and 19 unsexed individuals (2.83–6.67 m TL) taken by Taiwanese commercial fisheries during 2001–06. Growth band pairs up to
Hua Hsun Hsu, Shoou Jeng Joung, Robert E. Hueter, Kwang Ming Liu   +3 more
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RHINCODON TYPUS, WHALE SHARK, MAROKINTANA

2022
S. Diamant, J. J. Kiszka, S. J. Pierce
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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) biology and ecology: A review of the primary literature

Fisheries Research, 2007
Abstract In the 160 years since Andrew Smith described the whale shark in 1828, two people devoted much of their scientific lives to whale sharks. This period of research mainly comprised documenting the known sightings, captures and strandings of this species.
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General descriptions of the dermis structure of a juvenile whale sharkRhincodon typusfrom theGulfofCalifornia

Journal of Fish Biology, 2021
Edgar E Becerril-Garcia, Darren A Whitehead, Rogelio González-Armas   +2 more
exaly  

Novel Insights Into the Genetic Population Connectivity of Transient Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus) in Pacific Panama Provide Crucial Data for Conservation Efforts

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Hector M Guzman, Edgardo Diaz-Ferguson, Guzman Hector M   +2 more
exaly  

Whale shark Rhincodon typus strandings in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Journal of Fish Biology, 2019
Darren A Whitehead, Edgar E Becerril-Garcia, David Petatán-Ramírez   +2 more
exaly  

Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Molecular Ecology Resources, 2009
Deni Ramírez-Macías, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Ricardo Vazquez-Juarez   +2 more
exaly  

Association of the whale shark Rhincodon typus with the cannonball jellyfish Stomolophus meleagris

Journal of Fish Biology, 2018
Juana Lopez-Martinez
exaly