Basking shark
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The basking shark is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, baski
Cetorhinus maximus by greg skomal
Beached basking shark
Head of a basking shark
A basking shark filter feeding
Megamouth shark
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The megamouth shark is a species of deepwater shark. Rarely seen by humans, it measures around 4–5.5 m long and is the smallest of the three extant filter-feeding sharks alongside the much larger whal
Basking shark
…is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, basking sharks reach 7.9 m (26 ft) in length, but large individuals have been known to grow more than 10 m (33 ft) long. It is usually…
Megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios
Frontal view of a preserved specimen at Marine World Uminonakamichi
Individual captured off the coast of Mie Prefecture, Japan, in 2016
Head of a megamouth shark, at Western Australian Maritime Museum