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The whale shark ( Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft). [8] The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the most massive living non-cetacean animal.
The aquarium's notable specimens include whale sharks, beluga whales, California sea lions, bottlenose dolphins, manta rays, sea otters, and tiger sharks. [4] [5] Its centerpiece is a 6.3 million US gallons (24,000 m 3 ) whale shark exhibit.
Orca gladiator (Bonnaterre, 1789) The orca ( Orcinus orca ), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus. Orcas are recognizable by their black-and-white patterned body.
Offshore orcas, first described in 1979, are primarily found more than 10 miles (16 km) offshore. Just over 280 offshore orcas are known from the Eastern North Pacific, primarily occurring off the coast of British Columbia. Although forays into the Salish Sea are rare, the area immediately offshore, including the Barkley submarine canyon, is ...
The shark-scavenged carcass of an endangered North Atlantic right whale last spotted alive near the Georgia coast has been discovered in ocean waters off Virginia, federal officials said Tuesday.
Macrorhinus leoninus (Linn.) [4] Macrorhinus elephantinus [5] The southern elephant seal ( Mirounga leonina) is one of two species of elephant seals. It is the largest member of the clade Pinnipedia and the order Carnivora, as well as the largest extant marine mammal that is not a cetacean. It gets its name from its massive size and the large ...
2. Whale Shark. As the biggest fish in the world, whale sharks shouldn’t be hard to miss; but their population has declined so much that they are on their way to extinction.
The creature was identified as a basking shark. 1937: In October a purported Cadborosaurus carcass was retrieved from the stomach of a sperm whale in Naden Harbour and photographed. A sample of this carcass was sent to the BC Provincial Museum, where it was tentatively identified as a fetal baleen whale by museum director Francis Kermode.