Whale Sharks
The whale shark scientifically known as Rhincodon typus, is the largest known non mammalian vertebrate existing in the universe. The whale shark is also the second largest fish species in the universe after the sperm whale. The largest individual in history that has been caught weighed 21.5 metric tonnes and was measuring 12.65 meters in length. However, they still exist unconfirmed reports of existence larger individual.
Today binomial nomenclature, places the whale shark to the genus Rhinidon and the family Rhinocodontidae and it’s the only sole member in that genus. The species is also classified in
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