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    Species Accepted

    Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828

    Checkerboard Shark
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Rhincodon
    IUCNEndangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      67 results
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10065883/common/332024
      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). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=138597
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10065883/common/332018
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686
      Smith, A. (1838). Pisces. In: Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa in 1834-36., v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1–31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838–1847.]. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=434935
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10065883/common/332061
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10065883/common/332055
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10065883/common/332032
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10065883/common/332095
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10065883/common/332091

      Citation

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