Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

Classification

Class: Elasmobranchii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Rhincodontidae

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Distribution

Whale Shark — (c) Daniel Benák, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Daniel Benák · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Peru · 363Spain · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Daniel Benák, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Daniel Benák · CC-BY

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