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
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
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
Megamouth shark
…it measures around 4–5.5 m (13–18 ft) long and is the smallest of the three extant filter-feeding sharks alongside the much larger whale shark and basking shark. According to Sharkman's World Organization, a total of 296 specimens have been observed or caught since its discovery in 1976. Like the other two…
Cetorhinus maximus by greg skomal
Beached basking shark
Head of a basking shark
A basking shark filter feeding