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The basking shark ( Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, [4] after the whale shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, basking sharks reach 7.9 m (26 ft) in length.
The maximum size of this fish is 61.4 kg (135 lb) and 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long. Sculpins (Scorpaeniformes) Although less venomous than many smaller fish in the same order, the skilfish (Erilepis zonifer) of the North Pacific, is largest sculpin. The maximum size is 1.9 m (6.2 ft) and the weight can be up to 91 kg (201 lb).
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The basking shark population has been declining since the 1970s. They've never recovered from commercial fishing in the 1950s. So if you do see one, take a picture and send it to NOAA, so they can ...
• The largest size the basking shark can reach is uncertain. There are historical reports of basking sharks in the region of 12 to 15 meters (39 to 49 ft) in length, but these lack good evidence. [13] [8] [14] [9] [3] An individual reported as 40 feet 3 inches (or 12.27 meters) caught in a herring net in Musquash Harbor in 1851 is often cited ...
Megamouth shark. The megamouth shark ( Megachasma pelagios) is a species of deepwater shark. Rarely seen by humans, it measures around 5.2 m (17 ft) long and is the smallest of the three extant filter-feeding sharks alongside the relatively larger whale shark and basking shark. Since its discovery in 1976, fewer than 100 specimens have been ...
The last sighting of a live basking shark was in 2012, although the species used to be "very common" in New Zealand waters during the mid-late 1990s. The basking shark is the second-largest fish ...
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.