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Regional movements of satellite‐tagged whale sharks Rhincodon typus in the Gulf of Aden [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
To gain insight into whale shark (Rhincodon typus) movement patterns in the Western Indian Ocean, we deployed eight pop‐up satellite tags at an aggregation site in the Arta Bay region of the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti in the winter months of 2012, 2016 ...
Samantha Andrzejaczek, Michel Vély, Daniel Jouannet, David Rowat, Sabrina Fossette   +4 more
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Rhincodon typus Smith 1928

, 2021
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1928 Whale Shark Rhiniodon typus Smith, 1828: 2. Holotype: MNHN 9855 (stuffed and mounted). Type locality: Table Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Local synonymy: Rhincodon typus: Smith, 1828: 2; Smith, 1829: 443; Smith, 1949a: 50, fig. 29; Smith, 1965: 50, fig. 29; Compagno, 1984a: 210, fig.; Bass, 1986: 66, fig. 8.1, pl.
Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P., Kyne, Peter M.   +2 more
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Comparison of the Fecal Microbiota from Long-term Captive and Newly Captured Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus). [PDF]

Microbes Environ
Despite its ecological importance, the gut microbiota of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) remains poorly understood. Therefore, the present study examined how environmental differences affect the fecal microbiota by comparing long-term captive and newly ...
Ito T, Segawa T, Takasaki K, Matsudaira T, Kiyatake I, Irino H, Nakajima Y.   +6 more
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Love bites? Pre-copulatory behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Frontiers in Marine Science
Very little is known about the reproductive behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus). Here, we describe field observations of courtship behaviour by a whale shark at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia.
Christine Barry, Christine Barry, Christine Barry, Emily Lester, Micheal P. Doane, Luciana C. Ferreira, Michele Thums, Adrian C. Gleiss, Adrian C. Gleiss, Mark G. Meekan   +9 more
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Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, aggregate around offshore platforms in Qatari waters of the Arabian Gulf to feed on fish spawn. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are known to aggregate to feed in a small number of locations in tropical and subtropical waters. Here we document a newly discovered major aggregation site for whale sharks within the Al Shaheen oil field, 90 km off the ...
David P Robinson, Mohammed Y Jaidah, Rima W Jabado, Katie Lee-Brooks, Nehad M Nour El-Din, Ameena A Al Malki, Khaled Elmeer, Paul A McCormick, Aaron C Henderson, Simon J Pierce, Rupert F G Ormond   +10 more
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Population structure and residency patterns of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, at a provisioning site in Cebu, Philippines [PDF]

PeerJ, 2014
This study represents the first description of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, occurring at a provisioning site in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines. Frequent observations of sharks are often difficult, even at tourism sites, giving rise to provisioning activities
Gonzalo Araujo, Anna Lucey, Jessica Labaja, Catherine Lee So, Sally Snow, Alessandro Ponzo   +5 more
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Inferred global connectivity of whale shark Rhincodon typus populations

Journal of Fish Biology, 2013
Ten years have passed since the last synopsis of whale shark Rhincodon typus biogeography. While a recent review of the species' biology and ecology summarized the vast data collected since then, it is clear that information on population geographic connectivity, migration and demography of R. typus is still limited and scattered.
Martins Sequeira, A., Mellin, C., Meekan, M., Sims, D., Bradshaw, C.   +4 more
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Estimating Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus, Length Using Multi-Stereo-Image Measurement

Fishes
The whale shark Rhincodon typus is the largest known extant omnivorous fish species, reaching up to 17 m in length. Because of its slow growth and late maturity, R.
Hiroto Yamamoto, Akira Sasaki, Tomoki Kanna, Yasushi Mitsunaga, Shinsuke Torisawa   +4 more
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A longitudinal behavioral analysis of aquarium whale sharks (Rhincodon typus): insights into anticipatory cues, individual variation, and social interaction

Frontiers in Marine Science
Rhincodon typus, or the whale shark, is the largest extant fish in the world and is classified as endangered on the IUCN’s Red List. Due to their enormous size and conservation status, whale sharks are rarely housed in aquaria.
Connor G. Gallimore, Celeste Walton, Richard Nugent, Maury Fradkin, Laurie Poppell, Christian Schreiber, Christopher Coco, Matthew Grober, Matthew Grober, Bruce Carlson, Alistair D. M. Dove, Michael P. Black, Michael P. Black   +12 more
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Draft sequencing and assembly of the genome of the world’s largest fish, the whale shark: Rhincodon typus Smith 1828 [PDF]

BMC Genomics, 2017
Background The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) has by far the largest body size of any elasmobranch (shark or ray) species. Therefore, it is also the largest extant species of the paraphyletic assemblage commonly referred to as fishes. As both a phenotypic
Timothy D. Read, Robert A. Petit, Sandeep J. Joseph, Md. Tauqeer Alam, M. Ryan Weil, Maida Ahmad, Ravila Bhimani, Jocelyn S. Vuong, Chad P. Haase, D. Harry Webb, Milton Tan, Alistair D. M. Dove   +11 more
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