AnAge entry for Rhincodon typus
Classification (HAGRID: 01471)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes (Taxon entry)
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Rhincodontidae
Genus: Rhincodon
- Species
- Rhincodon typus
- Common name
- Whale shark
- Synonyms
- Rhiniodon typus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 54 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 822
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Not much is known about the life history of these animals, the world's largest fish. One study estimated annual survival at 0.825. Age at maturity probably occurs at 13 to 25 years. Maximum longevity is unknown with estimates ranging from 54 years to over 100 years [0782].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0822] Garcia et al. (2008), The importance of habitat and life history to extinction risk in sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras (PubMed)
- [0782] Bradshaw et al. (2007), Inferring population trends for the world's largest fish from mark-recapture estimates of survival (PubMed)
- [0454] Froese and Pauly, FishBase
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 159857
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 259920
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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