Basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus
EndangeredFishfilter-feeder
The basking shark is the second-largest shark in the world, trailing only the whale shark. It swims slowly through the ocean, feeding on plankton with its wide-open mouth. Its greyish-brown skin and enormous size make it a gentle giant of the seas.
- Basking sharks can grow over 10 meters long.
- They feed by filtering plankton from the water.
- Their mouths are lined with white on the inside.
OceanWorldwide
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- Classification
- Fish
- Scientific name
- Cetorhinus maximus
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Regions in this directory
- Worldwide
- Diet
- filter-feeder
- Relative size
- giant
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered (EN)
