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Rhincodontidae
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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FAMILY
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Published in
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<i>Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen</i>, Heft 2: 77
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Elasmobranchii
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order
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Orectolobiformes
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family
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Rhincodontidae
Name
- Synonyms
- Rhiniodontidae
- Rhyncodontidae
- Homonyms
- Rhincodontidae
- Common names
- requins baleine in French
- requins-baleines in French
- tiburones ballena in Spanish
- whale shark in English
- whale sharks in English
- ching sha k'o in Japanese
- jimbeizame-ka in Japanese
- kitovye akuly in Russian
- requins baleine in French
- tiburones ballena in Spanish
- whale shark in English
- ジンベエザメ科 in Japanese
Bibliographic References
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Benton (1993), as Rhyncodontidae
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CoL2006/FishBase
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Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p.
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Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
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Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
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Compagno, Leonard J. V., 2001: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date, vol. 2: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, no. 1, vol. 2. viii + 269.
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Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
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Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
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FishBase
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Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022.
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1278 The generic name Rhincodon A. Smith, 1829 (Pisces): conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 41, 215-217 (1984)
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Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
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WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374