Basking shark  (Cetorhinus maximus)

Facts

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassChondrichthyes
OrderLamniformes
FamilyCetorhinidae
GenusCetorhinus (1)
SizeLength: 6.7 - 8.8 m (2)
Weight6 tonnes (3)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix II of CITES (4) and Appendices I and II of the Bonn Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) (5).

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